Air New Zealand to Fly on Sustainable Aviation Fuel from Next Week

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September 19, 2022

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by Roeland van den Bergh (Stuff) Air New Zealand plans to start flying its aircraft partly on sustainable aviation fuel made from recycled cooking oil and animal waste from next week.

Air New Zealand chief executive Greg Foran said the first 1.2 million litres of the jet fuel being imported was the equivalent of about 400 return flights between Auckland and Wellington.

It was manufactured by the world’s largest supplier of sustainable aviation fuel, Neste, and would be imported to Marsden Point by fuel company Z energy.

Foran said the shipment would help test and set up the supply chain for future deliveries.

Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) imports would account for about 1% of the total fuel purchased this year by Air New Zealand, he said.

“While we are starting out small, it will help us to test the supply chain and understand the true cost of importing SAF into New Zealand. Currently, SAF only makes up less than 1% of the global fuel supply, and is about three to five times as expensive as fossil jet fuel.”

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“By 2030, we expect our fleet to be fueled by 10% SAF.”

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The sustainable fuel would be mixed with standard fuel at a ratio of up to 38%. The maximum allowable mix was 50%, he said.

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Air New Zealand and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment signed a memorandum of understanding in September last year to scope the feasibility of building a sustainable aviation fuel facility in New Zealand.

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Sami Jauhiainen, Asia Pacific vice president of renewable aviation at Neste said with the expansion of the company’s Singapore refinery, and the ongoing modifications of its Rotterdam refinery in the Netherlands, would boost production up to 1.5 million tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel by the end of next year. READ MORE

Air New Zealand takes first shipment of Neste SAF to help test and set up an import supply chain (GreenAir Online)

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