To coincide with this year’s EBACE, Geneva-based Titan Aviation Fuels International is extending its support to business aviation operators seeking to comply with the complex ReFuelEU mandate.
Following the introduction of the mandate in January 2025, the Titan team is helping operators navigate access to higher and lower SAF blends as well as regulatory compliance. ReFuelEU requires in-scope operators (those that fly more than 500 flights annually) to uplift a 2 percent SAF blend at designated airports in continental Europe. In addition to monitoring which airports need to supply the 2 percent SAF, Titan is advising operators when they need to be compliant and enabling operators to demonstrate compliance by providing invoices that break out the cost of the 2 per cent SAF uplift.
“We understand that the ReFuelEU mandate is aiming to help the environment, which is important, but is not a one-size-fits-all regulation,” explained Daniel Coetzer, CEO of Titan Aviation International. “It has changed the fuelling landscape as it seems we are now serving three groups in Europe. Our customers include operators obliged to comply with the mandate, operators that don’t need to uplift the 2 per cent SAF but don’t have a choice in doing so at many airports, and operators that would like to uplift a higher blend of SF but cannot find it as the supply isn’t’ there,” he added.
The fuel provider is also working to identify airports that can provide SAF as needed, as well as airports that can provide regular Jet-A fuel for out-of-scope operators not included in the designated EU ReFuelEU list. “It puts out of scope operators at a financial disadvantage to have to pay for SAF uplift when they don’t need to. We are noting changes in European flight paths, as these operators fly to a different airport to avoid incurring extra fees. Of course, we want to make sure our customers are complying with the mandate where they must, but equally, we want to be sure our customers have alternative options when they don’t’ need to comply, particularly as there is no version of a claim-back service as yet.”
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