Airbus and RSB Offer Customers Easier Access to SAF Book-and-claim

Airbus Customers Get Easier Access to SAF Book-and-claim

Early commitments to new program come from business aircraft operators Comlux and Luxaviation

Airbus A350-1000 is refueled with 35% blend of sustainable aviation fuel — In 2024, 18% of the fuel used for Airbus’ own flights was sustainable aviation fuel.

By Charles Alcock • Managing Editor

March 25, 2025

Airbus has launched a new initiative to help its customers boost the adoption of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) through a new approach to book-and-claim transactions. During its Airbus Summit event in Toulouse on Tuesday, the airframer announced that it has started purchasing SAF certificates for resale to customers, taking on the management of the associated sustainability attributes through the registry of the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) certification body.

Several companies have signed memoranda of understanding to participate in the new program, which Airbus’ chief sustainability officer, Julie Kitcher, told journalists would make SAF adoption more flexible and scalable, in the process stimulating demand. These customers include leasing groups SMBC Aviation Capital and AeroCap, business aircraft operators Comlux and Luxaviation, and Novespace, Rive Private Investment, and SAF Aerogroup.

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