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SAF Fuel Deals

Airline / Airline Group
Announcement date
Amount of SAF ordered (neat unless specified otherwise)
SAF Producer
Feedstock used?
Projected delivery dates
Additional Info?
Volume of neat SAF within agreement (USG)
JetBlue
01/12/2022 (MOU)
At least 92 million gallons (blended)
Fidelis New Energy
Five-year term, projected start date 2025
A percentage of up to 92 million gallons
Virgin Atlantic (fuel supplied by Delta Air Lines)
Dec-22
10 million gallons a year
Gevo Inc
Gevos production process separates sugars and proteins from non-edible industrial corn
Seven year partnership
Fuel headed for LA or San Francisco. Builds on existing long term partnership between Delta and Gevo
70 million gallons
Ryanair
01/12/2022 (MOU)
120 million gallons (360,000 tons)
Shell Energy
Potentially be produced from a broad range of sustainable feedstocks
Between 2025 and 2030
Estimated to save approx. 900,000 tons C02 emissions
120 million gallons
Air France-KLM
Dec-22
800,000 metric tons
Total Energies
SAF that does not compete with human food or animal feed supply and that are not derived from palm oil
10 year period, commencing 2023.
Made available for Groups airlines, mainly for flights departing from France and the Netherlands.
24 million gallons
Undisclosed industrial client
Nov-22
230 million gallons
DG Fuels (DGF)
Cellulosic biomass feedstock such as timber waste
5 year period.
Customer also purchasing all of State of California low carbon fuel credits, and US Federal RIN carbon credits generated by facility.
230 million gallons
Wizz Air
01/11/2022 (MOU)
Up to 185,000 metric tons
OMV
Between 2023 and 2030
5.5 million gallons
Air France KLM
Nov-22
Up to 60,408 metric tons (21 million gallons) a year
DG Fuels (DGF)
Cellulosic waste products such as timber trimmings from the logging industry
Minimum 10-year deal, deliveries expected in 2026.
From DGFs initial plant to be located in Louisiana
Up to 210 million gallons
Xiamen Airlines, Zhejiand Loong Airlines and Coorful Guizhou Airlines
Nov-22
No specified total
Sinopec
Used cooking oil
Airbus partners. For use in China (and also Airbus delivery flights)
No specified total
Iberia Airlines
Nov-22
6 million gallons a year
Gevo Inc.
low-carbon renewable resource-based carbohydrates
5 year partnership, fuel deliveries commencing 2028
Up to 30 million gallons
Qatar Airlines
Nov-22
25 million gallons a year
Gevo Inc.
low-carbon renewable resource-based carbohydrates
5 year partnership, fuel deliveries commencing 2028 from various airports in California
First airline in Middle East and Africa region to announce international SAF offtake agreement
Up to 125 million gallons
Air France-KLM
Oct-22
1 million tons 600,000 tons (1.6 million tons total)
Neste DG Fuels (DGF)
SAF that does not compete with human food or animal feed supply and that are not derived from palm oil
Neste: 2023-2030. DG Fuels: 2027-2036.
Together, these deals account for approx.3% of the Groups 2030 10% SAF incorporation targets.
48 million gallons
Boom Supersonic
Sep-22
Up to 5 million gallons a year over duration of flight test programme
AIRMADE
Companys Patented Carbon Conversion Reactor mimicking photosynthesis)
Still hypothetical
Airmades SAF has not yet received certification or entered production
No specified total
Airbus Tianjin
Sep-22
Unspecified
Sinopec
Used cooking oil
Flight operations starting by end of this year
Airbus aims to achieve 100% SAF certification by 2030 Sinopec refinery annual designated processing capacity of 100,000 tons (only Chinese certified facility)
Unspecified
JetBlue Airways
September 2022 (MOU)
25 million gallons a year
Air Company
5 year partnership, fuel deliveries from 2027
125 million gallons
Virgin Atlantic
September 2022 (MOU)
25 million gallons
Air Company
Between 2027 and 2032
25 million gallons
Ryanair
September 2022 (MOU)
Up to 53 million gallons
OMV
Over the next 8 years
Airports in Romania, Austria and Germany.
53 million gallons
Cathay Pacific
Sep-22
15.2 million gallons total
Aemetis
waste wood to produce cellulosic hydrogen, combined with wastes and non-edible sustainable oils
Seven year deal, commencing 2025
38 million blended gallons total (at 40% SAF)
15.2 million gallons
Lufthansa
September 2022 (MOU)
800,000 tons
OMV
sustainable and regional raw materials, specifically used cooking oil
Seven year deal, 2023 until 2030
24 million gallons
Delta
Sep-22
385 million gallons
DG fuels (DGF)
from biomass feedstocks
Seven year deal commencing 2027
385 million gsllons
International Airlines Group (IAG)
Aug-22
78,400 tons
Atemis
Seven year deal commencing from 2025
San Francisco Airport
2.35 million gallons
Alaska Airlines
Aug-22
37 million gallons a year
Gevo
produced from the sugar of wood waste
Five year deal commencing 2026
185 million gallons
Lufthansa Group
August 2022 (MOU)
Up to 594 million gallons
Shell
Commencing 2024 for a period of 7 years
594 mililon gallons (1.8m metric tons)
594 million gallons
American Airlines
Jul-22
100 million gallons a year
Gevo
Five year deal, deliveries commencing 2026
500 million gallons
Aer Lingus
Jul-22
19,000 tonnes of SAF a year
Gevo
Five year deal, commencing 2026
0.57 million gallons
IAG Cargo (partnership with Bollore Logistics)
Jun-22
1 million litres (220,000 gallons)
Philips 66
sustainable waste feedstocks
Two shipments in 2022
220,000 gallons
Finnair
Jun-22
7 million gallons per year
Gevo
produce corn SAF from corn using atmospheric carbon
Five-year deal, deliveries commencing 2027
45 million gallons
United Airlines
Jun-22
At least 300 million gallons
Dimensional Energy
converting carbon dioxide and water into usable ingredients
Twenty year deal , unspecified start date for delivery
300 million gallons
Japan Airlines
Jun-22
5.3 million gallons a year
Gevo
Five year deal, deliveries commencing 2027
26.5 million gallons
Alaska Airlines
May-22
13 million gallons (blended at 40% SAF)
Aemetis
from carbon negative waste wood
Over seven year term, commencing 2025
5.2 million gallons
IAG Cargo
May-22
8 million litres (1.7 million gallons)
Philips 66
sustainable waste feedstocks
2022 onwards
In partnership with Kuehne + Nagel
1.7 million gallons
United
May-22
Right to buy up to 52.5 million gallons
Neste
sustainably sourced waste feedstocks and renewable residues, including used cooking oil and waste animal fat
Over the next 3 years (Amsterdans Schiopol airport)
2.5m gallons first year, right to purchase up to 20m gallons second year, 30 million in third year.
Up to 52.5 million gallons
JetBlue
Apr-22
125 million gallons (blended at 40% SAF)
Aemetis
cellulosic hydrogen from waste orchard and forest wood
10 year agreement, commencing 2025
50 million gallons
Finnair
Mar-22
17.5 million gallons (blended at 40% SAF)
Aemetis
Commencing 2025
Delivered to San Francisco International Airport
7 million gallons
Delta
Mar-22
Approx. 75 million gallons a year
Gevo
Seven year contract, commencing mid-2026
375 million gallons
DHL express
Mar-22
800 million litres (211 million gallons)
BP and Neste
Within next 5 years (by 2027)
Part of Deutsche Post DHL Groups goal of using 30% SAF for all air transport by 2030
211 million gallons
Oneworld Alliance (members: Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, British Airways, FInair, Japan Airlines, Qatar Airlines)
Mar-22
200 million gallons (collectively) per year
Gevo (from three new facilities under development in US Midwest)
inedible corn products
Five years term, commencing 2027
For operations in California. Alliance committed to 10% SAF by 2030
1 billion gallons
Qantas
Mar-22
35 million gallons (blended at 40% SAF)
Aemetis
Seven year agreement, commencing 2025
For flights from San Francisco and Los Angeles.
14 million gallons
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