Farnborough Airport, the house of British aviation and Europe’s main airport for premium air journey connectivity, on Oct. 25 introduced the sale of its millionth liter of sustainable aviation gasoline (SAF), additional highlighting its intention to be a sustainability showcase for airports around the globe.
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 this planet to supply SAF on the identical worth as its normal Jet A1 gasoline through the lead as much as the 2022 Farnborough Worldwide Airshow.
Sustainable vitality options are a key focus for Farnborough Airport, as CEO Simon Geere explains, “At Farnborough Airport, we wish to be a real catalyst for change and are at all times in search of new methods to produce and create sustainable vitality sources. We’re happy with this milestone and our imaginative and prescient is to grow to be a SAF solely airport earlier than the top of the last decade, appearing 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 Gas Companies. Director of European Common Aviation Gross sales at World Gas 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 most recent milestone within the Airport’s sustainability journey, the highlights of which embrace in 2018 changing into the primary enterprise aviation airport on this planet to realize carbon impartial standing. Earlier this 12 months, Farnborough Airport was awarded Degree 4+, the best degree of carbon accreditation, by the Airport Carbon Accreditation scheme.
Having launched its Roadmap to Web Zero in 2022, the place it has dedicated to be Web 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 shall 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 Assist Facility constructing, and its award successful 169 room resort, the Aviator Hampshire, serving to to generate 25 % of the Airport’s energy.
