Aircraft
Fresh European Push on SAF
Airbus, Safran, Dassault, Onera, and the French Ministry of Transport launch study to evaluate burning 100 percent SAF.
German air ambulance service ADAC Luftrettung flew a mission in its Airbus H145 using a 40 percent blend of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) sourced from cooking oil and produced at TotalEnergies’ Normandy refinery. Using this type of SAF, ADAC’s fleet could achieve a 33 percent reduction in CO2 emissions annually. (Photo: Theo Klein/Airbus Helicopters)
German air ambulance service ADAC Luftrettung flew a mission in its Airbus H145 using a 40 percent blend of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) sourced from cooking oil and produced at TotalEnergies’ Normandy refinery. Using this type of SAF, ADAC’s fleet could achieve a 33 percent reduction in CO2 emissions annually. (Photo: Theo Klein/Airbus Helicopters)

Airbus, Safran, Dassault, Onera, and the French Ministry of Transport jointly announced this morning that they are launching an in-flight study later this year on the compatibility of unblended 100 percent SAF with commercial fixed-wing and helicopter engines and systems. The project—called Volcan (VOL avec Carburants Alternatifs Nouveaux)—will begin by measuring in-flight emissions froman Airbus A320neo burning 100 percent SAF from TotalEnergies.