NetJets Europe became the first customer to purchase Air bp’s International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certified sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Spain at the beginning of July.

Available across Air bp’s network in Spain, the SAF is supplied locally from bp’s Castellon refinery. Waste based sustainable feedstocks are procured by the refinery and co-processed (together with fossil fuel), producing synthetic low carbon fuel. SAF can then be certified using ISCC PLUS procedures.

According to Air bp, co-processing is a key step in replacing fossil fuel with renewable feedstock within refineries and helping to advance the decarbonisation of transport including aviation. The ISCC PLUS certified SAF has an attributed saving of around 80% carbon emissions over its lifecycle compared with the conventional jet fuel it replaces.

“We are proud to collaborate with Air bp to supply SAF for NetJets’ aircraft in Europe,” said Christian Luwisch, NetJets Europe’s Executive Director. “This new partnership is an important next step in our ongoing commitment to reduce the environmental footprint of our company. Our owners will now benefit from this supply of SAF which we expect to be in the region of 325,000 USG during the first 12 months.”

Martin Thomsen, Air bp’s CEO added: “We are excited to announce our first sale of SAF in Spain, which opens up new supply opportunities in an important aviation market. We are also delighted to have the support of our customer, NetJets Europe, which demonstrates their willingness to invest in SAF to help reduce carbon emissions. We hope this announcement will encourage more customers to purchase SAF in Spain. We believe SAF is one of the aviation industry’s key routes to reducing carbon emissions, and ISCC PLUS certified SAF is the first step towards developing new refining and commercial solutions, including those that achieve CORSIA certification, to keep decarbonising our offers for our aviation customers.”

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