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Sustainable Aviation Fuel Finally Starting To Take Off

Long a topic of industry discussion and uncertainty, business aviation made great strides in the introduction of and education about sustainable jet fuel.

Castle & Cooke Aviation was one of four aviation service providers at Los Angeles-area Van Nuys Airport to supply sustainable aviation fuel during January's “Business Jets Fuel Green: A Step Towards Sustainability.” which marked the first time, SAF was available to the business aviation community on a trial basis. (Photo: Curt Epstein)

By Curt Epstein • Business Aviation Services Editor

October 20, 2019

For years, sustainable alternative fuels have been a topic of discussion in the business aviation industry as it looks to improve its overall environmental footprint, but in 2019, those words finally turned to action.

In January, the industry came together at California business aviation hub Van Nuys Airport (VNY) for “Business Jets Fuel Green: A Step Towards Sustainability.” For the first time, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) was available to the business aviation community on a trial basis, with World Fuel and Avfuel supplying the four FBOs on the field with more than 14,000 gallons of blended SAF produced by California-based World Energy and Gevo, respectively. The biofuel blend was in some cases pumped directly into the FBO’s fuel farm to illustrate its absolute compatibility with the existing neat jet fuel and the FBO’s tanks and pumps, while others chose to keep it stored in a refueler and distributed on customer preference.

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