Airbus has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to "advance the production and uptake of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)," with producer Neste.
So-called SAF, both believe, can help cut greenhouse gas emissions from air travel if what they see as "challenges in accelerating SAF use" - particularly related to production - can be overcome.
According to an Airbus statement, the two partners will tag-team on "technical development of SAF, fuel approval and testing of current and future production technologies, and investigating how '100% SAF' use can be enabled".
The French manufacturer said in a separate statement that it would work with HyPort, ENGIE Solutions and the Regional Agency for Energy and Climate in Occitanie (AREC) "to support the development of one of the world’s first low carbon hydrogen production and distribution stations" at Toulouse-Blagnac airport.