- June 3, 2021, 8:30 AM
Events such as 2019 s pre-EBACE mass business aircraft sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) refueling at the UK s Farnborough Airport have served to highlight the safety of the blended renewable fuel. (Photo: (David McIntosh/AIN)
Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has been viewed as a vital part of the business aviation industry’s decarbonization efforts since 2009 when several aviation alphabet groups issued the Business Aviation Commitment on Climate Change (BACCC). Included in that document’s aspirational goals was the reduction of CO2 emissions by 50 percent by 2050 relative to 2005.
More recently, the European Union has committed to climate neutrality in 2050 and intends to increase its 2030 climate ambitions by cutting its emissions by at least 55 percent compared with 1990 levels, and included in its scope is aviation.