A small proportion of every flight ticket is used for sustainable aviation gasoline.
Finnair is rising the usage of sustainable aviation gasoline as a part of its purpose to scale back carbon emissions from flying. Finnair has bought 750 tons of sustainable aviation gasoline from its associate Neste to be used on flights departing from Helsinki Airport. Finnair’s prospects are additionally concerned in lowering carbon dioxide emissions from flights: a small a part of the value of every flight ticket is directed to the prices of utilizing sustainable aviation gasoline.
Finnair goals to realize carbon neutrality by 2045, and sustainable aviation gasoline is without doubt one of the most important instruments for lowering air journey emissions within the coming years. Using Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel reduces greenhouse fuel emissions by as much as 80%* over the gasoline’s life cycle in comparison with utilizing fossil jet gasoline. The gasoline quantity now bought is Finnair’s largest single batch of sustainable aviation gasoline bought so far. The SAF will likely be delivered by Neste to Helsinki Airport in early 2023. The 750 tons of SAF corresponds to roughly 400 flights between Helsinki and Stockholm utilizing unblended, 100% SAF.
“Finnair celebrates its 100th anniversary this year and reducing emissions from flying is essential to a sustainable future. In the coming years, sustainable aviation fuel will be one of the most important tools for reducing aviation-related emissions. We also involve our customers in this, and a small part of every flight ticket sold goes to the cost of sustainable aviation fuel,” says Eveliina Huurre, Finnair’s SVP, Sustainability. “In addition, customers can reduce the emissions of flying by using our carbon offsetting service, which combines SAF purchases and certified offsetting projects.”
“Finnair was one of the first airlines using our Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel and we have been working together for a long time,” says Jonathan Wood, Vice President Commercial and Technical Development, Renewable Aviation at Neste. “SAF is the most effective tool currently available to reduce the emissions of air travel and it is great to see Finnair taking the initiative to voluntarily purchase our SAF as part of their sustainability commitments and creating awareness among their customers on how these can play a role in creating a more sustainable future for aviation, too”.
Increasing the usage of SAF will improve the airline’s prices, as SAF is clearly costlier than fossil gasoline. Finnair is getting ready for this by allocating a small portion of every flight ticket offered, about 20 cents per ticket, to the price of sustainable aviation gasoline. This share could also be larger sooner or later because the working obligations imposed on airways improve the usage of SAF.
Finnair additionally encourages its prospects to scale back the carbon emissions of their flights by their actions: since spring 2022, Finnair has supplied its prospects the chance to scale back the emissions of flying by combining sustainable aviation fuels and licensed emission discount initiatives. The service operates on the web site of Finnair’s associate Chooose.
Sustainable aviation gasoline
SAF is a renewable aviation gasoline offering a extra sustainable various to standard, fossil-based jet gasoline. Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel is produced from sustainably sourced, 100% renewable waste and residue uncooked supplies, together with used cooking oil and animal fats waste. Finnair is dedicated to the oneworld alliance’s aspiration of utilizing 10% sustainable aviation gasoline by 2030 and also will take part in oneworld’s joint procurements in 2025-2032. The use of SAF may even be elevated because of the upcoming EU obligation to make use of SAF.
* When utilized in neat kind (i.e. unblended) and calculated with established life cycle evaluation (LCA) methodologies, corresponding to CORSIA methodology.
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