Sustainability and Environment
SAF Availablity Slowly Rises in Europe
While SAF availability represents the exception rather than the rule at European airports, that will change due to mandates and increased production.
underwing fueling with sustainable aviation fuel
The UK's Farnborough Airport is one of less than 20 facilities in Europe to offer sustainable aviation fuel to business aviation customers. (Photo: Farnborough Airport)

While sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) may provide the best near-term solution for the decarbonization of aviation, it is still an industry very much in the early phases of development. In fact, the first commercially produced SAF ocurred less than a decade ago.

“It’s in its infancy,” noted Daniel Coertzer, CEO of the Geneva-based international division Titan Aviation Fuels  (Booth S88). “The first SAF was sold just a few years ago. We cannot yet take over or compete with the jet fuel business that has been in place since the Second World War.”