Airbus to Deliver US-Completed Commercial Aircraft with Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Airbus has confirmed that it will start delivering all of the aircraft from its U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Mobile, Alabama with Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) on board later this year.

Signature Flight Support is working in partnership with World Energy to provide the U.S.-sourced SAF to Airbus.

Starting no later than November 2021, all aircraft delivered to customers from the Mobile site will be powered by a blend of SAF and conventional jet fuel.

“Delivering our Mobile-produced aircraft with SAF is an important, iterative step toward solving the carbon challenge,” said Jeff Knittel, Chairman and CEO of Airbus Americas, Inc. “SAF is a positive contributor to enhanced sustainability in aviation since it enables up to an 80% reduction of CO2 across the fuel lifecycle. We are committed to making sustainable fuels an everyday reality with use on an increasingly larger scale, and this announcement is further evidence of that.”

From its U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Mobile, Alabama, Airbus delivers both A220 and A320 Family aircraft to U.S.-based customers.

Since 2016, the company has delivered more than 260 Airbus aircraft from Mobile, 54 of which have been turned over to airlines in 2021 alone.

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