Charles Alcock is managing editor of the AIN Media Group, having rejoined the company in 2019. He has been an aviation journalist since 1986, and previously worked for AIN from 1990 to 2017, most recently as editor-in-chief. His main focus is on covering new aviation technology and business models, as well as international news.
Having been raised in the London area, Alcock studied at the University of Manchester in the UK and earned an honors degree in Politics and Modern History. He speaks English and French, and some German.

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Farnborough Airport this week passed a landmark of selling its millionth liter of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), just over two years after it first made the fuel available in June 2021. The London-area business aviation gateway views boosting SAF supplies as a key aspect of the Roadmap to Net Zero decarbonization strategy it introduced in 2022, with the goal of achieving net-zero status for emissions under the airport’s direct control no later than 2030.
In 2018, privately-owned Farnborough said it had become the first business aviation airport in the world to achieve carbon neutrality. Earlier this year, the UK facility was awarded Level 4+ accreditation by the Airport Carbon Accreditation scheme, based on measures such as installing solar panels on hangar roofs, as well as its terminal building, air traffic control tower, ground support facility, and the onsite Aviator hotel.
SAF is supplied to Farnborough by World Fuel Services. In the build-up to the 2022 Farnborough International Airshow, the airport made SAF available to aircraft operators at the same price as standard jet-A1 fuel.
“We want to be a genuine catalyst for change and are always looking for new ways to supply and create sustainable energy sources,” commented Farnborough Airport CEO Simon Geere, who said that it aims to be a SAF-only airport by the end of this decade.

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