Fuji Dream Air charter flight FDA8100 on March 16 from Shizuoka to Nagoya Komaki Airport, utilising an E175, flew using Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) for the first time for the airline.
FDA has partnered with Euglena, a Tokyo-based company that pioneered the outdoor mass cultivation technology for the microalgae Euglena.
SUSTEO is a kind of SAF, which is produced mainly from used cooking oil (UCO) and Euglena. SUSTEO emits CO2 at the combustion stage same as fossil fuels, but both Euglena and plants (origin of UCO) absorb CO2 by photosynthesis during the growing stage, so it can help achieve a carbon neutral state—essentially net zero CO2 emissions at the time used.
The ground vehicle that fuelled the E175 for the flight was powered by renewable diesel produced by Euglena.