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The collaboration highlights the potential of sustainable aviation fuels, but also the commercial challenges of achieving net-zero flights. Current sustainable aviation fuels are typically biofuels derived from fats and other nitrogen-, land-, and water-intensive feedstocks. Relatively little biofuel in the world is used in aviation.
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways has moved one step closer to its sustainable aviation goals through its Etihad Green Plane. The program tested new green technologies, including the use of sustainable alternative fuels (SAF) and environmentally friendly in-flight products in the Dreamliner fleet, with a specially themed Boeing 787 at the helm. On 27 October, Etihad Airways’ first flight using Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) provided by ITOCHU Corporation and NESTE took off from Tokyo’s Narita Airport.
Cassie Mackie, Vice President Procurement and Supply Chain, Etihad Airways, said earlier this year, “Etihad Airways is committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2050 and reducing our 2019 emissions by 50% by 2035. The industry must get serious about decarbonisation and this type of collaboration between government, business and the aviation sector increases the supply and availability of SAF at airports and helps pave the way for wider adoption.”
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