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Airbus H225 Flies on 100 Percent SAF
Flight is start of campaign to get 100 percent SAF approved for use in all Airbus Helicopter models.
The Airbus H225 test helicopter flew with an unblended SAF derived from used cooking oil provided by TotalEnergies. (Photo: Airbus Helicopters)
The Airbus H225 test helicopter flew with an unblended SAF derived from used cooking oil provided by TotalEnergies. (Photo: Airbus Helicopters)

An Airbus H225 today performed the first helicopter flight using 100 percent sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at Airbus Helicopters’s headquarters in Marignane, France, with the unblended SAF burned in one of the helicopter's two Safran Makila 2 engines. This also marks the start of a flight campaign aiming to assess the impact of unblended SAF on the helicopter systems, with the goal of certifying use of SAF blends that exceed today’s 50 percent limit.