Vueling and Cepsa Operate More than 75 Flights with Sustainable Fuel from Seville Airport

(Europa Press) Vueling and Cepsa operate more than 75 flights with sustainable fuel from Seville airport -- Vueling and Cepsa will operate more than 75 flights with sustainable fuel from Seville airport, within the framework of their collaboration agreement signed in April this year to accelerate the decarbonization of air transport, the airline has reported in a statement. The flights, which began last Friday the 25th and will continue in the coming days, will be made with 4.5% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in their tanks --exceeding the 2% target set by the EU for 2025 -- provided by Cepsa and which reduces CO2 emissions by around 500 kilograms per flight.

With the use of these fuels, CO2 emissions into the atmosphere can be reduced by up to 80%, compared to conventional fuel.

The fuel supplied by Cepsa is produced from olive pits and other plant residues from the olive industry in Spain, in addition to having an "identical" chemical composition to that of conventional kerosene, and can be used in the aircraft engine without no adaptation. READ MORE

Excerpt from Biofuels International: More than 220 flights have departed from Seville Airport using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from Cepsa.

As part of its 2030 strategy, Positive Motion, the company aims to become a benchmark in the energy transition and to lead sustainable energy and mobility in Spain and Portugal this decade.

The SAF, produced by Cepsa at its La Rábida Energy Park, Huelva, from olive pits and other plant-based waste from Spain’s olive industry, will be supplied by Exolum to all departing flights operated by Air Europa, Air Nostrum, Iberia Express, Ryanair, Vueling, and Wizz Air from the Seville terminal.

This advanced biofuel will cover 400,000 kilometers of an average aircraft's flight, the equivalent of flying around the world 10 times, or of supplying 400 to 500 hours of flight time.

This is the first time that an airport in southern Europe has supplied SAF in this way, and it is also the first time in Spain that the entire value chain has been certified traceable by the ISCC (International Sustainability Carbon Certification) system from the production of the sustainable aviation fuel to physically supplying it.

As part of its commitment to promoting and accelerating the decarbonization of air transport, Cepsa will assume the additional cost of all sustainable aviation fuel provided. READ MORE