Boeing makes its largest blended sustainable jet fuel purchase ever

18-04-24

• Boeing has committed to purchase 21 million liters of SAF for commercial operations in 2023

Boeing will purchase 35.6 million liters of blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to support its U.S. commercial operations in 2024, reducing its carbon emissions and working to help increase global fuel supply. This is the company's largest annual purchase of SAF, more than 60% more than its purchase in 2023.

The fuel blend (30% SAF made from waste byproducts such as greases, oils and 70% conventional jet fuel) will support the Boeing ecoDemonstrator program and Boeing's commercial operational flights in the U.S. "As our focus is on safety and quality, sustainability remains a priority," said Ryan Faucett, Boeing's vice president of environmental sustainability.

"Sustainable jet fuel is essential to decarbonizing aviation. About 20% of our fuel use is a SAF blend, and we continue to increase our use of this fuel to foster growth in the SAF industry. We are also working to make SAF more available and affordable for our commercial airline customers through collaboration, investment, research and policy development."

Unblended, or "pure," SAF can reduce carbon emissions by up to 85% over the life cycle of the fuel and offers the commercial aviation industry's greatest potential to reduce its climate impact over the next 30 years. Boeing will receive 17 million liters of blended PBS at its fuel farms in the Pacific Northwest. EPIC Fuels, a Signature Aviation company, will supply nine million liters of Neste and Avfuel will provide five million liters of Neste blended SAF.

Boeing will also purchase the CO2 emissions reductions associated with 20 million liters of blended SAF through an accounting process called book and claim. Book and claim is when a company purchases certified PBS to displace conventional jet fuel. Instead of putting the fuel in a Boeing fuel farm, distributors will deliver it to nearby airports for use by airlines and other carriers.

Through Boeing's book-and-claim purchases, EPIC Fuels will supply 16 million liters of blended SAF manufactured by Neste, while World Fuel Services, a World Kinect company, will supply eight million liters from World Energy.