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Airbus delivers first A220 across Atlantic using half sustainable aviation fuel

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Airbus delivers first A220 across Atlantic using half sustainable aviation fuel
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Guillaume Faury, CEO | Airbus

On August 25, Airbus delivered an A220-300 aircraft to Air France, marking the first time the manufacturer’s Canadian site in Mirabel issued official sustainability credentials directly to a customer. The delivery flight from Canada to Paris used a 50% blend of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and conventional jet fuel. This aircraft, named Vaison-la-Romaine, is the 46th A220 in Air France’s fleet.

Airbus stated that using a 50% SAF blend on this transatlantic flight reduced lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by more than 25 tonnes compared to standard jet fuel. The company noted that all its aircraft are currently certified to operate with up to a 50% SAF blend and aims for full compatibility with 100% SAF across all models by 2030.

Blaise Brigaud, SVP Group Sustainability at Air France-KLM, commented: “Fleet renewal and the use of sustainable aviation fuel are the two main levers of the decarbonization of aviation. Combining the two is only logical, and Air France-KLM is proud to participate in this Airbus milestone with the delivery flight of one of our A220s. Air France-KLM is among the world’s largest buyers of SAF. Directly receiving SAF at delivery is a game-changer, increasing transparency and driving industry progress.”

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Since 2016, Airbus has offered customers the option to receive aircraft deliveries with SAF onboard. As of this year, all five delivery centers—located in Toulouse, Hamburg, Mobile, Tianjin, and Mirabel—can provide this service. Benoît Schultz, CEO of Airbus Canada, said: “78% of Airbus aircraft were delivered with SAF blend for the first half of the year.” In 2024, three-quarters of Airbus’s total deliveries also used some amount of SAF.

Airbus has been integrating sustainable fuels into its own operations for nearly ten years and plans to increase internal usage to at least 30% by 2030. At Mirabel alone, about 170,000 liters of pure SAF will be used this year as part of production activities—a move expected to cut carbon emissions by roughly 400 metric tonnes in 2025.

The company has also extended SAF use beyond deliveries. Since 2019, its Beluga transport fleet has operated between production sites using SAF blends. Test flights began incorporating sustainable fuels in 2022.

In employee travel initiatives since 2022, Volotea has run shuttle flights between Hamburg and Toulouse for Airbus staff using a 34% SAF blend. Additionally, Air France-KLM and Airbus introduced a fares agreement in which business travel between Paris and five European cities includes options for purchasing SAF.

Airbus has supported airline partners in trialing regular route operations with sustainable fuels as well. Between November last year and January this year, it partnered with easyJet on Toulouse–Bristol services by financing enough SAF for three months’ worth of flights at a 30% blend.

Earlier this year in Brussels at Charleroi Airport, Airbus worked alongside Wizz Air on an operational trial involving over fifty flights using a SAF mix while also conducting passenger surveys about low-carbon aviation awareness.

The aviation industry views sustainable aviation fuel as central to reducing emissions long-term; according to projections from groups such as the Air Transport Action Group’s “Scenario 3,” more than half of future reductions could come from expanded use of these fuels by mid-century.

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