Hawaiian Airlines will buy 50 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) over five years from biofuel company Gevo.
The SAF is likely to be produced at a facility to be constructed in the mid-western United States, with deliveries to Hawaiian’s gateway cities in California to start in 2029.
“This offtake agreement gets us one step closer to achieving our goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050,” said Peter Ingram, Hawaiian’s president and chief executive, who added that the carrier's management "intend[s] to continue to invest in SAF, which will be pivotal in reducing our impact on the environment.”
“Gevo is pleased to welcome Hawaiian Airlines to our customer family of airlines that are working hard to achieve their net zero goals,” said Gevo chief executive Patrick Gruber.
The SAF will be made from residual starch from inedible field corn grown using regenerative farming practices, and will be then produced during a process powered by renewable electricity and renewable natural gas, according to the airline's announcement of the deal.