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SAF

SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL

AVAILABLE

este has acquired a minority
Nstake in Aircraft Fuel Supply (AFS)
which is the owner and operator of the
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol fuel storage
company.
Through its share in AFS, a leading pro-
vider of renewable diesel and sustainable
aviation fuel will now be able to offer to

airlines operating at Schiphol supply of
Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel with

immediate effect.

Neste’s SAF is made from sustainably
sourced, renewable waste and residue raw
materials.

“Our ambition is to become a global lead-

er in renewable and circular solutions. We

are committed to supporting our customers

to meet their ambitious climate and carbon are extremely proud to be growing and welcome Neste to our airport. They are a
neutrality targets and reduce greenhouse securing the availability of SAF at Schiphol. front-runner and together with them, our
gas emissions with our sustainable aviation In doing so, we will support airlines in airlines, our other aviation partners and our

fuel (SAF). Acquiring a share in AFS is an reaching their emission reduction targets. government we want to lead by example,”

important milestone in expanding the sup- Front-runner airlines Schiphol can really said CEO Dick Benschop, of Amsterdam
ply of SAF at a major global airport,” said make a contribution to a more sustainable Airport Schiphol.

Neste’s president and CEO Peter Vanacker. future for the aviation industry.” Neste and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

Inge Stegmann, CEO of AFS, said, “AFS “Looking at the future, quality is key for are both contributors to the Clean Skies for
is very pleased with this new shareholder us. The quality of Schiphol’s network must Tomorrow Initiative - a joint policy proposal

and to contribute to a sustainable aviation go hand in hand with major steps towards to accelerate the deployment of sustain-

industry.” sustainable aviation. Sustainable aviation able aviation fuels in Europe, in collabora-

Thorsten Lange, executive vice president fuel is a proven technology which needs tion with the Energy Transitions Commis-

for Renewable Aviation at Neste said, “We to be scaled up. Therefore, we warmly sion and World Economic Forum. Q
FIRST CARGO FLIGHT DEPARTS
USING SAF
A
Lufthansa cargo aircraft took off using sustainable

aviation fuel (SAF) for the first time.

The Boeing 777F departed from Frankfurt, Germany, on
Sunday and headed to Shanghai, China, laden with SAF.

Peter Gerber, the CEO of Lufthansa Cargo, described the

flight as a "milestone because it is the first flight of this kind

that will have flown 100% CO² neutral”.

By using SAF, the fossil CO² emissions of a flight with con-

ventional kerosene are completely avoided. This means that
SAFs’ overall GHG emissions are 65-95% lower than traditional

fossil-kerosene fuels.
The joint venture was organised by cargo transport and

logistics firms DB Schenker and Lufthansa Cargo.

The two organisations have signed a joint declaration of intent

to work on a Zero Carbon Emission 2050 Strategy in the future. able aviation solutions.
Last year, renewable fuel producer Neste strengthened its The airline said it will use Neste’s SAF blended with fossil jet

partnership with Lufthansa in the development of renew- fuel, on flights departing from Frankfurt in Germany. Q
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