By Dominic Perry2021-06-10T14:12:00+01:00
Safran Helicopter Engines believes it can achieve regulatory approval by 2023 to allow its powerplants to be run on 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on the back of a test campaign with German rotorcraft operator ADAC Luftrettung.
Earlier this week, the pair announced the first flight of an emergency medical services helicopter using SAF in a project also involving Airbus Helicopters and fuel firm Total Energies. That saw an H145 light-twin, which is powered by two Safran Arriel 2E engines, run on a 40% biofuel blend.
Source: Airbus Helicopters
ADAC carried out flight with H145 helicopter
But Bruno Bellanger, executive vice-president of programmes at the French propulsion specialist, says the ambition is to increase the proportion of SAF used in the near future under a long-term agreement with ADAC.
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