Heathrow targets 3% SAF usage in 2025

Heathrow wants 3% of aviation fuel used at the airport this year to be Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). The airport said the target – equating to 187,000 tonnes of fuel – is 1% above the UK government’s SAF Mandate for 2025. The mandate came into effect on 1 January and requires Sustainable Aviation Fuel to make up at least 2% of all jet fuel in flights taking off from the UK, growing to 10% by 2030 and 22% by 2040. The airport has made GBP86m available to airlines through its Sustainable Aviation Fuel incentive scheme, which it said “approximately halves the price gap between conventional jet fuel and SAF”. Heathrow said the scheme aimed to reduce lifecycle carbon emissions from flights by more than 500,000 tonnes this year, equivalent to over 800,000 economy class passenger round trips from Heathrow to New York JFK.<br/>