Sustainability and Environment
Avfuel Makes First Flight Department SAF Shipment
Avfuel delivered its first shipment of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on request from a corporate flight department last week.
Based on a flight department request for SAF access, Avfuel delivered a tanker shipment of the fuel to the Atlantic Aviation FBO at Delaware's New Castle Airport. It marks the first time the fuel provider has made the sustainable fuel available based on customer demand. (Photo: Avfuel)
Based on a flight department request for SAF access, Avfuel delivered a tanker shipment of the fuel to the Atlantic Aviation FBO at Delaware's New Castle Airport. It marks the first time the fuel provider has made the sustainable fuel available based on customer demand. (Photo: Avfuel)

Avfuel has delivered its first shipment of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on request from a corporate flight department. Wilmington, Delaware-based agriculture technology company Corteva Agriscience, as part of its growing sustainability platform, inquired if Avfuel could make SAF available at its home base of New Castle Airport (ILG), according to Craig Hanlon, the company’s director of aviation. The fuel provider agreed and Corteva purchased an entire shipment of blended SAF-jet-A, which was delivered to the Atlantic Aviation FBO there, marking its first such delivery, following numerous other demonstrations involving FBOs, airports, OEMs, and charter operators.