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The ‘Last Mile’ for SAF Presents an Achievable Challenge

Companies such as Gulfstream, Daher, and others are working with Neste, Avfuel, and World Fuel Services—even airlines—to connect the business aviation fleet with sustainable aviation fuel.

The TBM 960 on the aircraft display at EBACE 2023 flew to the show in Geneva on an SAF blend from Daher’s Aircraft Division in Tarbes, France. [Courtesy: Daher]
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Key Takeaways:

  • Despite climate change protests, business aviation companies at EBACE are actively pursuing sustainability, with many OEMs already implementing Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) for various operations and flight testing.
  • The widespread adoption of SAF faces key challenges, primarily due to its "boutique pricing" and difficulties in efficient distribution to FBOs and airport service providers.
  • Daher successfully overcame SAF distribution challenges at its Tarbes facility by collaborating with commercial airline Volotea and World Fuel Services, demonstrating that persistence and partnership can make SAF accessible to all airport users.
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Though a gathering of climate-change protesters managed to steal attention for a moment at the European Business Aviation Conference and Expo (EBACE) this week, they in fact served to highlight the concrete actions toward a sustainable future by those very companies they wished to vilify.

How ironic that the Gulfstream G800 one pair handcuffed themselves to had indeed flown across the Atlantic from Savannah, Georgia, on a blend of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) as a regular part of its flight testing—not as a publicity stunt?

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