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Oxford Airport Begins Selling SAF, To Open Synthetic Fuel Plant
London-area airport is stepping up efforts to decarbonize business aviation
London Oxford fuel truck
London Oxford Airport has started selling sustainable aviation fuel, offering it in blends of either 30% or 10% to aircraft operators.

London Oxford Airport (EGTK) has started selling sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), offering blends of either 30% or 10% to aircraft operators. Announcing the move, the privately-owned airport's head of business development, James Dillon-Godfray, said there is now more willingness from larger operators, charter brokers, and companies to carry the additional cost of the reduced-carbon fuel, even though the 30% SAF blend costs around twice as much as jet-A.

The Oxford site now has a new fuel farm with five tanks that have capacity for 425,000 liters. By the third quarter, the airport plans to open a facility to produce a synthetic jet-A that it said involves 50% lower capital costs than other e-fuels. The $27.7 million investment has been partially backed by a nearly $3.5 million UK government grant.

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