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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 protests, the business aviation industry is actively adopting Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) as a primary and immediate step towards sustainability, with many manufacturers using it for flights and operations.
  • Key challenges hindering widespread SAF adoption include its high "boutique pricing" and difficulties in establishing reliable distribution channels to airports and operators.
  • Daher demonstrated a successful model for overcoming SAF distribution hurdles by collaborating with a commercial airline and fuel provider to ensure a consistent supply at Tarbes airport, making it available for all 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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