Boom Supersonic, the company building Overture, the supersonic airliner, has signed a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) offtake agreement with Air Company, which creates carbon-negative products from CO2. As part of the agreement, Boom will purchase up to 5 million gallons of Airmade SAF on an annual basis over the duration of the Overture flight test program, advancing the company's net zero commitments. Overture claims to be able to carry passengers at twice the speed of today's fastest commercial aircraft while operating on 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
"Sustainable aviation fuel is critical to sustainable supersonic travel, and fuel made from CO2 is the most scalable pathway to abundant SAF," said Kathy Savitt, President of Boom Supersonic. "We look forward to partnering with AIR COMPANY to power Overture's flight test program with 100% SAF."
Airmade SAF is expected to power Overture during its net zero carbon flight test program at the Overture Superfactory in Greensboro, North Carolina. Using a similar proprietary technology that mimics photosynthesis to create its consumer ethanol, Air Company has developed and deployed its single-step process for CO2-derived fuel production using renewable electricity.
"Air Company and Boom Supersonic are two companies making real strides towards a markedly different world of aviation," explained Air Company CEO, Gregory Constantine. "Working with Boom Supersonic to offer the first commercially available power-to-liquid SAF has been an incredible marriage of two forward-thinking companies, ready to improve the world in which we live and fly. We look forward to a long partnership and are excited to share more innovation as the relationship continues."
"As fuel stakeholders, Boom and our customers have a responsibility to help next-generation SAF scale," said Ben Murphy, Boom's VP of Sustainability. "Early buy-in from future SAF users like us sends a critical signal to researchers, producers, and investors that the demand is there."