Ryanair Purchases 1,000 tonnes of Sustainable Aviation Gasoline from Shell. Ryanair, Europe’s no. 1 airline, introduced that it has bought 1,000 tonnes of sustainable aviation gas (SAF) from international vitality group, Shell, (sufficient SAF to gas over 200 flights from Stansted to Madrid), which can be provided to the airline at its Stansted Airport base.
This buy follows the MoU settlement made between the businesses in 2022, offering Ryanair with distinctive entry to buy as much as 360,000 tonnes of SAF from Shell between 2025 and 2030, which might save as much as 900,000 tonnes in CO2 emissions1.
Immediately’s announcement, as a part of an occasion showcasing the instruments Ryanair is utilizing to decarbonise, demonstrates Ryanair’s continued dedication to attain web zero by 2050.
Ryanair has already considerably superior its decarbonisation commitments via its work with Trinity Faculty Dublin within the Ryanair Sustainable Aviation Analysis Centre, and by investing closely in new know-how plane, together with a $22bn funding in its ‘Gamechanger’ fleet, which scale back CO2 emissions by 16%, and an extra $40bn funding for 300 Boeing 737 MAX-10 plane which scale back CO2 emissions by 20% and noise by 50% whereas carrying 21% extra passengers.
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Thomas Fowler, Talking at Stansted Airport, Ryanair’s Director of Sustainability and Finance, stated:
Ryanair continues to cleared the path in sustainable aviation.
“As demonstrated at this time at Stansted, through the use of SAF, the most recent engine applied sciences and electrical floor dealing with gear, we’re making important investments to decarbonise our operations and obtain our commitments of web zero carbon emissions by 2050 and 25% much less CO2 emissions per passenger/km by 2031. Our companions at Shell and MAG are key enablers of those objectives, and at this time’s announcement of Ryanair’s buy of 1,000 tonnes of SAF from Shell is testomony to that. We are going to proceed to work with our companions throughout the community to make each Ryanair flight as environmentally environment friendly as potential.”
Ashleigh McDougall, Shell’s GM Aviation Europe and South Africa, stated:
Shell is delighted to have began supplying sustainable aviation gas to Ryanair at Stansted Airport, serving to a valued buyer scale back emissions on flights from a vital UK transport hub.
Having signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide SAF to Ryanair in 2022, we’re happy to see intentions transformed into actions as we proceed to help our prospects on their decarbonisation journeys.”
RYANAIR PURCHASES 1,000 TONNES OF SAF FROM SHELL , March 28, 2024
