BA & Sustainable Aviation Fuel

All the talk is about sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).  And quite rightly so.
See also Sustainable Aviation Fuel in this week’s BTN.

British Airways (BA) and Phillips 66 Ltd have signed a multi-year agreement for the supply of SAF produced at the Phillips Humber Refinery in North Lincolnshire.  It will help power a number of the airline’s flights from early 2022  

BA will become the first airline in the world to use SAF produced on a commercial scale in the UK after signing a multi-year agreement with Phillips 66 Ltd.

The SAF will be produced from sustainable waste feedstock at the Humber Refinery, which will deliver its SAF supply to BA via existing pipeline infrastructure that feeds directly into UK airports.

Sean Doyle, BA’s Chairman and Chief Executive, said: “This agreement marks another important step on our journey to net zero carbon emissions and forms part of our commitment, as part of International Airlines Group, to power 10% of flights with SAF by 2030.

“We are excited to develop our relationship with Phillips 66 Ltd further with a view to growing production capacity and using a wider range of sustainable waste feedstocks to supply our future flights. The development of sustainable aviation fuel is a major focus for us and forms part of our commitment to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 through a series of short-, medium- and long-term initiatives.”

The airline’s parent company, International Airlines Group (IAG), is investing $400m over the next 20 years into the development of SAF and BA has existing partnerships with a number of technology and fuel companies to develop SAF plants and purchase the fuel. SAF can reduce lifecycle carbon emissions by over 80% compared to the traditional jet fuel it replaces.

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