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SAF Refiner Neste Delivers Fuel to LaGuardia Airport

Finnish fuel refiner Neste says a recent SAF delivery through the Colonial Pipeline demonstrates the fuel’s viability.

Jonathan Welsh
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The fuel delivery is the result of a partnership that includes Neste, Delta, Colonial Pipeline, and Buckeye Partners aimed at demonstrating the viability of SAF in airline operations. [Courtesy: Neste]
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Key Takeaways:

  • Neste successfully delivered sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to LaGuardia Airport, New York, from its Texas refinery using existing traditional aviation fuel pipeline infrastructure.
  • This landmark delivery, a collaboration involving Neste, Delta Air Lines, Colonial Pipeline, and Buckeye Partners, demonstrates the viability of transporting SAF across long distances using current systems.
  • The event marks a "seminal moment" for SAF development in the U.S., aiming to make SAF more accessible for East Coast airports and support broader industry and government goals for reducing aviation emissions.
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Neste, a Finnish fuel producer, said it delivered sustainable aviation fuel to LaGuardia Airport (KLGA) in New York from the company’s refinery in Texas using pipeline infrastructure that typically carries traditional aviation fuel.

The company said the fuel will be used for a Delta Air Lines flight, marking a “seminal moment” in the development and transport of SAF in the U.S. The fuel delivery is the result of a partnership that includes Neste, Delta, Colonial Pipeline, and Buckeye Partners aimed at demonstrating the viability of SAF in airline operations.

Jonathan Welsh

Jonathan Welsh is Lead Editor of Aviation Consumer and a private pilot who worked as a reporter, editor and columnist with the Wall Street Journal for 21 years, mostly covering the auto industry. His passion for aviation began in childhood with balsa-wood gliders his aunt would buy for him at the corner store. Follow Jonathan on Twitter @JonathanWelsh4

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