Virgin Australia Airways: First Worldwide service to make use of Pertamina Sustainable Aviation Gas.
PT Pertamina Patra Niaga continues to broaden the distribution of Sustainable Aviation Gas (SAF) with a brand new provider Virgin Australia Airways using its SAF as a part of celebrations on the Bali Worldwide Air Present on Thursday 18 September.
Roughly 160 kilolitres of SAF was provided to Virgin Australia’s Boeing 737 for 2 days of providers out of Bali Worldwide Airport I Gusti Ngurah Rai, from September 18 to 19, 2024.
Riva Siahaan, President Director of Pertamina Patra Niaga, mentioned:
The primary SAF supply at Ngurah Rai Airport signifies that Indonesia can adapt to the vitality combine calls for within the worldwide aviation business.
“the place SAF is presently a medium-term resolution for flights to scale back carbon footprint with out requiring modifications to plane, airport infrastructure, or jet gasoline provide chains,”
Riva added that the SAF provided complies with the Worldwide Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) framework for the Carbon Offsetting and Discount Scheme for Worldwide Aviation (CORSIA) and the Renewable Vitality Directive-European Union (RED-EU).
Moreover, SAF meets worldwide requirements set by the American Society for Testing and Supplies (ASTM) and is licensed protected as a CORSIA Eligible Gas (CEF) that may be claimed to the Worldwide Civil Aviation Group (ICAO).
“This new step in direction of sustainable aviation is ready to scale back carbon emissions from fossil fuels, as Pertamina’s SAF is a 38.43% mix of artificial kerosene produced from Used Cooking Oil (UCO) and 61.57% standard jet gasoline,”
Fiona Walmsley, Common Supervisor of Sustainability at Virgin Australia, mentioned this collaboration right this moment was symbolic of Virgin Australia’s dedication to scale back its carbon emissions depth by 22 per cent by 2030, and a dedication to focus on web zero emissions by 2050.
Fiona Walmsley, Common Supervisor of Sustainability at Virgin Australia, mentioned:
SAF is a important enabler to serving to scale back the carbon emissions of the aviation sector.
“We’re happy to have the ability to showcase the security, effectiveness and effectivity of utilizing SAF as a part of our short-haul worldwide operations,” Ms Walmsley mentioned.
“For Australia, probably the most tough hurdles to beat is the supply of inexpensive SAF inside our nation.
“By working collectively on this initiative, Pertamina has helped to bridge the hole for us however finally we’d like the help from many areas throughout the Australian and worldwide aviation business to make sure an ongoing, dependable and inexpensive SAF operation at Virgin Australia.”
Virgin Australia providers routes from Denpasar to Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, and Gold Coast.
SAF distributed on the Aviation Gas Terminal Ngurah Rai is managed utilizing a mass stability chain of custody methodology. On this methodology, standard fossil gasoline jet gasoline and renewable gasoline (SAF) are blended in the identical tank as a result of they’ve comparable technical specs. Regardless of being blended, jet gasoline and SAF are recorded and accounted for individually.
The availability of SAF to the worldwide market is a tangible dedication from PT Pertamina Patra Niaga, which aggressively promotes vitality transition within the aviation sector and helps Indonesia’s Web Zero Emission goal by 2060. SAF, produced from waste and processed at refineries alongside fossil fuels, leads to low-carbon artificial gasoline, decreasing carbon emissions by as much as 80% in comparison with standard jet gasoline, and is licensed ISCC CORSIA and ISCC RED-EU.
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Virgin Australia Airways: First Worldwide service to make use of Pertamina Sustainable Aviation Gas. supply
