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SAF FILTERS

SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL HEPA FILTERS ON

AVAILABLE ERJ 145 JETS

ERJ 135 and ERJ 140 very soon.

In most aircraft, the air in the cabin is
este has acquired a minority mbraer recently released a service completely refreshed between 20 and 30

Nstake in Aircraft Fuel Supply (AFS) Ebulleti n allowing ERJ 145 operators to times per hour, which is significantly more

which is the owner and operator of the install high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) often than in an office environment and even

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol fuel storage filters on their aircraft. five to six times more often than in a hospital

company. The kits for the first 70 aircraft have been as- environment.

Through its share in AFS, a leading pro- sembled and were due to be delivered last year. HEPA filters, standard on all versions of
vider of renewable diesel and sustainable “At Embraer, we are always focused on our the Embraer E-Jets and E-Jets E2 families of
commercial aircraft, are extremely efficient,

aviation fuel will now be able to offer to customer, on how to better support them and capturing 99.97% of airborne particles and

airlines operating at Schiphol supply of how to further improve our products. Given other biological contaminants, such as bacte-

Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel with the moment we are living, developing a HEPA

immediate effect. filter service bulletin for the ERJ 145 is a must- ria, viruses and fungi.

Neste’s SAF is made from sustainably have solution to make cabin conditions even This technology is also available on Embraer

sourced, renewable waste and residue raw safer for passengers,” said Johann Bordais, Executive Jets, with the HEPA filter now stan-
materials. president and CEO of Embraer services and dard on both the Praetor 500 and Praetor 600.
“Our ambition is to become a global lead- support. Earlier in 2020 Embraer approved the use of

er in renewable and circular solutions. We It took about five and a half months to de- MicroShield360, a preventive coating system

are committed to supporting our customers velop this solution. During that time, Embraer that, when applied to aircraft cabin surfaces,

to meet their ambitious climate and carbon are extremely proud to be growing and welcome Neste to our airport. They are a selected the filter and worked through the continuously inhibits the growth of microbes.

neutrality targets and reduce greenhouse securing the availability of SAF at Schiphol. front-runner and together with them, our necessary steps to create the service bulletin, The combination of these new features, with

gas emissions with our sustainable aviation In doing so, we will support airlines in airlines, our other aviation partners and our manufacturing and purchasing several of the the existing cabin environment technologies,

fuel (SAF). Acquiring a share in AFS is an reaching their emission reduction targets. government we want to lead by example,” required parts to develop the kits. equates to a higher level of protection for

important milestone in expanding the sup- Front-runner airlines Schiphol can really said CEO Dick Benschop, of Amsterdam Embraer is expected to do the same for the passengers. Q
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- HELICOPTERS
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
H145 EARNS FAA
FIRST CARGO FLIGHT DEPARTS
USING SAF TYPE CERTIFICATION
A irbus Helicopters has an- and everyone else who has contributed
“We’d like to sincerely thank the FAA

to achieving this certification through the
Lufthansa cargo aircraft took off using sustainable
aviation fuel (SAF) for the first time.

ed to us all in the aviation industry.”
ed H145 helicopter has received its FAA
The Boeing 777F departed from Frankfurt, Germany, on Anounced that its new fi ve-blad- various challenges that 2020 has present-
As previously reported by AVweb, the

Sunday and headed to Shanghai, China, laden with SAF. type certification. The newest version of latest H145 model earned its European
Peter Gerber, the CEO of Lufthansa Cargo, described the the twin-engine H145 has also been ap- Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)

flight as a "milestone because it is the first flight of this kind proved for single-pilot IFR and single-en- certification in June last year and the

that will have flown 100% CO² neutral”. gine operations, as well as night vision first aircraft was delivered to launch

By using SAF, the fossil CO² emissions of a flight with con- goggle compatibility. customer Norwegian

ventional kerosene are completely avoided. This means that US deliveries are expected to begin Air Ambulance Foundation in Septem-

SAFs’ overall GHG emissions are 65-95% lower than traditional early this year. ber last year.
fossil-kerosene fuels. “The FAA certification is an important The Safran Arriel 2E-powered H145 has

The joint venture was organised by cargo transport and milestone for the H145 programme, as a range of 351 NM, useful load of 4200
logistics firms DB Schenker and Lufthansa Cargo. our customers in North America are pounds and cruise speed of 129 knots.

The two organisations have signed a joint declaration of intent eagerly awaiting its arrival and our entire It is equipped with full authority digital
to work on a Zero Carbon Emission 2050 Strategy in the future. able aviation solutions. team looks forward to delivering and engine control (FADEC), four-axis auto-

Last year, renewable fuel producer Neste strengthened its The airline said it will use Neste’s SAF blended with fossil jet supporting this new variant,” said Airbus pilot and Airbus Helionix digital avionics

partnership with Lufthansa in the development of renew- fuel, on flights departing from Frankfurt in Germany. Q Helicopters President Romain Trapp. suite. Q
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