FedEx Expands SAF Use

Carrier adds new U.S. airports to blended fuel network while industry weighs challenges.

Matt Ryan

Tuesday, February 03, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET

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Zach Vasile

A FedEx Boeing 757 jet [Credit: Shutterstock]

Key Takeaways:

FedEx significantly expanded its use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) by the end of 2025, adding Dallas-Fort Worth (KDFW) and JFK International (KJFK) to its operations, bringing its total to five major U.S. airports with commitments for approximately 5 million gallons of neat SAF.
This expansion is part of FedEx's broader sustainability strategy, which includes aircraft modernization and fuel efficiency, having already reduced aircraft emissions intensity by 30% from a 2005 baseline.
Despite FedEx's efforts, the broader aviation industry faces significant global challenges in SAF adoption, including projected slow production growth, supply shortages, and high costs that threaten the achievement of net-zero emissions targets.
Both U.S. and European policies are in place to incentivize SAF use, but industry leaders highlight that supply constraints and elevated costs remain major obstacles to wider adoption and decarbonization goals.

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Fed Ex announced last week that it expanded its use of sustainable aviation fuel toward the end of 2025, adding Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (KDFW) and New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (KJFK) to its growing list of U.S. locations receiving blended SAF.

With those additions, the company used the fuel at five major U.S. airports during the year, securing agreements totaling the equivalent of about 5 million gallons of neat SAF. FedEx said deliveries at KDFW and KJFK are being supplied through World Fuel Services at a minimum 30 percent blend.