News / An SAF first for AF-KLM, ahead of new guidelines to help carriers cut emissions

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By Alex Lennane

19/05/2021

Air France-KLM has operated its first flight using French-made sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

In partnership with Airbus and fuel company Total, Air France used a 16% blend of SAF on a A350 flight from Paris to Montreal, which avoided the emission of 20 tons of CO2.

The flight was a culmination of work by the partners to develop a SAF supply chain in France – an initiative similar to that of the group’s Dutch operation with KLM.

The biofuel was made from waste ...

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