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SAF Gains Momentum but Faces Pricing, Demand Challenges

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Nancy Bsales (l), COO at 4AIR, and Smitha Hariharan, v-p and chief sustainability officer at Gulfstream Aerospace — Nancy Bsales (l), COO at 4Air, and Smitha Hariharan, v-p and chief sustainability officer at Gulfstream Aerospace, discuss sustainability at the Irish Business and General Aviation Association’s International Business Aviation Conference in Kildare, Ireland.

By Kerry Lynch • Editor, AIN monthly magazine

November 19, 2025

The path to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is taking significant steps forward—with availability now at 130 FBOs—but business aviation must continue to generate demand to ensure that access continues to grow and remain patient with the time it takes to increase, said Nancy Bsales, COO for sustainability specialist 4Air.

During the Irish Business and General Aviation Association’s International Business Aviation Conference in Kildare, Ireland, last week, Bsales held a fireside chat with Smitha Hariharan, v-p and chief sustainability officer at Gulfstream Aerospace, to discuss progress on sustainability as the business aviation industry presses toward its goal of net zero by 2050. “It seems lofty,” Bsales said. “But business aviation is so innovative that I have no doubt that, as a subset of aviation, business aviation is the one piece that can meet that goal.”

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