Farnborough Airport sells its millionth litre of Sustainable Aviation Gasoline.
Farnborough Airport, the house of British aviation and Europe’s main airport for premium air journey connectivity, has introduced the sale of its millionth litre of Sustainable Aviation Gasoline (SAF), additional highlighting its goal to be a sustainability showcase for airports all over the world.
Having begun to supply SAF to all its prospects in 2021, Farnborough Airport has grow to be one of many largest single-site suppliers of SAF to the enterprise aviation neighborhood within the UK. It additionally turned the primary airport on the earth to supply SAF on the similar value as its commonplace Jet A1 gasoline throughout the lead as much as the 2022 Farnborough Worldwide Airshow.
CEO Simon Geere, CEO explains:
At Farnborough Airport, we wish to be a real catalyst for change and are all the time searching for new methods to produce and create sustainable vitality sources.
“We’re pleased with this milestone and our imaginative and prescient is to grow to be a SAF solely airport earlier than the tip of the last decade, performing as an early adopter ‘of scale’ and accelerating the broader take-up of SAF throughout the aviation trade.”
Farnborough Airport is provided SAF by gasoline supplier World Gasoline Companies. Director of European Basic Aviation Gross sales at World Gasoline Companies, Mark Atherton, applauds this management in sustainability. “We stay totally dedicated to supporting Farnborough Airport by persevering with to assist within the procurement of sustainable fuels.”
That is the newest milestone within the Airport’s sustainability journey, the highlights of which embody in 2018 changing into the primary enterprise aviation airport on the earth to attain carbon impartial standing. Earlier this yr, Farnborough Airport was awarded Stage 4+, the best degree of carbon accreditation, by the Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) scheme.
Having launched its Roadmap to Internet Zero in 2022, the place it has dedicated to be Internet Zero for emissions inside its direct management by 2030 or sooner, final week Farnborough Airport introduced plans to embark one of many largest photo voltaic installations within the South East.
The photo voltaic panels will probably be mounted onto the Airport’s iconic curved hangar roofs, in addition to its state-of-the-art terminal constructing, the Airport’s management tower, its Floor Help Facility constructing, and its award profitable 169 room resort, the Aviator Hampshire, serving to to generate 25% of the Airport’s energy.
FARNBOROUGH AIRPORT SELLS ITS MILLIONTH LITRE OF SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL, October 25, 2023
