Name: Airbus Sets An Example With Sustainable Aviation Fuel Use
Uploaded: 2024-02-20T13:00:00.000Z
Description: The airframer is testing the ability to use 100% SAF.

For its own test and demonstration flights, Airbus runs its aircraft on sustainable aviation fuel as far as possible. Before the flight demonstration of its A350-1000 wide body airliner at the Singapore Airshow, the company demonstrated the refuelling process using a 35 percent blend of SAF made from used cooking oil and tallow that Shell supplied.

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Airbus Sustainable Aviation Fuel Use in its A350-1000 Sets An Example

The airframer is testing the ability to use 100% SAF.

Airbus Sets An Example With Sustainable Aviation Fuel Use

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