MEBAA Panel Brings Focus To SAF, Carbon Offsets
MEBAA Panelists agree SAF will play a major role in sustainability, but carbon offsets is more readily available solution.
MEBAA 2023 sustainability panel
(L to R) Doug Carr, NBAA senior v-p; Alexandre Geahchan, Air bp Mena commercial, GA, and military account manager; Trine Braathen, World Kinect senior manager; and analyst Rolland Vincent. (Photo: David McIntosh)

While progress continues to be made in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) availability, carbon offsets are still the first and perhaps easiest means toward sustainability, said Trine Braathen, senior manager of sustainability-carbon markets for World Kinect Energy. But Braathen and other panelists speaking Tuesday at a MEBAA Show panel on strategies for business aviation sustainability, agree SAF is a key element toward meeting the industry's goals in the shorter and long term.

Braathen pointed out the various means for business aviation organizations to become more efficient but said the biggest step towards net-zero is addressing fuel. That is what makes SAF so important, she said. But given its limited availability, organizations should look at other means, such as offsets, until SAF is more accessible.

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