News / 'Greener air cargo' partnerships, using SAF, take off – but who pays the bill?

All Nippon Airways (ANA) Cargo has launched an initiative to use a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) blend on selected flights, last month partnering with Nippon Express, Kintetsu World Express and Yusen Logistics for its first take-off.

The flight, from Narita to Frankfurt, used a very high blend, of 36.94% SAF, shipped from the Nordics to Japan.

“We added-in the emissions from shipping the fuel, which were negligible,” explained Sadami Sugimoto, VP cargo marketing & services for EMEA, at ANA.

“ANA is not able ...