Europe

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Lufthansa Group announces ‘Green Fares’, a new SAF agreement and sharkskin flights

20 February 2023 Christopher Surgenor

Following a Scandinavian test run last year, the Lufthansa Group has launched its ‘Green Fares’ offering by all its six...

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New year brings new agreements by airlines in Japan and Europe to purchase sustainable aviation fuel

30 January 2023 Tony Harrington

Amidst a forecast that contracted volumes of sustainable aviation fuel under offtake agreements could double this year, four significant SAF...

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Neste signs new SAF development and supply agreements in Japan, Europe and the United States

11 November 2022 Tony Harrington

Japanese industrial group ITOCHU Corporation and Finnish renewable energy company Neste have announced collaborative agreements to help expedite the introduction...

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European travel companies switch to SAF to reduce carbon emissions from customers’ flights

9 November 2022 Christopher Surgenor

European travel organisation Sunweb Group has entered into a partnership with Neste that will include the purchase of 306 tonnes...

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LCC easyJet scraps offsetting as it maps out SBTi-aligned technology route to net zero

9 October 2022 Tony Harrington

European low-cost carrier easyJet has announced a broad package of technical and operational initiatives to expedite its transition to net...

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Austria’s OMV signs deals to supply almost one million tonnes of SAF to Lufthansa Group and Ryanair

21 September 2022 Tony Harrington

Two of Europe’s largest airline groups, Lufthansa and Ryanair, have committed to acquiring a total of almost 1 million tonnes...

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Airlines and NGOs welcome European Parliament SAF vote to exclude food and feed crop-based biofuels

12 July 2022 Christopher Surgenor

A plenary session of the European Parliament has voted to adopt a report aimed at increasing the uptake of sustainable...

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EU flagship transport event showcases SAF use and optimised flight routings by airlines

7 July 2022 Christopher Surgenor

To coincide with the European Commission’s ‘Connecting Europe by Air: the Green Transformation’, event held in Lyon, France, ten flights...

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First-ever flight of a commercial regional aircraft to use 100% SAF in both engines takes place in Sweden

27 June 2022 Christopher Surgenor

Aircraft manufacturer ATR, Swedish domestic carrier Braathens Regional Airlines and sustainable aviation fuel supplier Neste have teamed to carry out...

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Cargolux and Balloré to buy 800,000 litres of SAF to reduce the logistics company’s Scope 3 emissions

17 June 2022 Tony Harrington

European freight airline Cargolux and one of its key global partners, Bolloré Logistics, have announced plans to acquire 800,000 litres...