Boeing purchases nine million gallons of blended SAF for US commercial operations

Boeing is purchasing 9.4 million gallons of blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to support its US commercial operational flights and its Boeing ecoDemonstrator program for the year ahead. The company stated that it is its largest annual SAF purchase, which is 60% more than its 2023 SAF purchase of 5.6 million gallons. ""As our focus remains on safety and quality, sustainability continues to be a priority,"" said Boeing vice president of environmental sustainability Ryan Faucett. ""Sustainable aviation fuel is essential to decarbonise aviation."" Boeing will receive four million gallons of the blended SAF into its fuel farms in the Pacific Northwest. EPIC Fuels, a Signature Aviation company, will supply 2.5 million gallons from Neste, and Avfuel will provide 1.5 million gallons of blended SAF from Neste. Faucett added: ""About 20% of our fuel usage is a SAF blend, and we continue to increase our use of this fuel to encourage growth in the SAF industry. We are also working to make SAF more available and affordable to our commercial airline customers through collaboration, investment, research and policy development."" Boeing will also purchase the CO₂ emissions reduction associated with 5.4 million gallons of blended SAF through an accounting process called book-and-claim. Book-and-claim is when a company purchases SAF certificates to displace conventional jet fuel. Instead of putting the fuel into a Boeing fuel farm, distributors will deliver it to nearby airports for use by airlines and other carriers. The blended fuel consists of 70% conventional jet fuel and 30% SAF from waste by-products.