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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Around one in five customers of Victor's private jet charter booking platform pay extra to reduce carbon emissions through its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) direct-to-consumer option. On Monday, the company and its partner Neste announced they have logged more than 500 SAF bookings since launching the program in June 2022.
The average cost of a "pay here, use there" purchase through Neste’s My SAF offering is £950 ($1,235). The option is available for all flights regardless of whether SAF is available at departure airports.
The average reduction in emissions based on 30% replacement of jet-A is 1.5 tonnes of carbon. Customers purchasing 100% SAF replacement would reduce lifecycle carbon emissions by 80%.
The cost of SAF replacement is on top of the charter price charged by each operator booked through Victor. As a matter of policy, operators are not directly involved in the transaction. “We deliberately did this as we didn’t want our direct-to-consumer SAF offering to involve any additional workload or complication for the operator,” a company spokesperson explained to AIN.
“By voluntarily choosing to buy SAF, our customers are helping to establish a critical new sustainable aviation fuel supply chain,” said Victor’s co-CEO Toby Edwards. “We think the direct-to-consumer voluntary SAF market could raise billions if a similar proportion of all flyers were able to pay relatively more when they book their commercial flight.”

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