Airbus Helicopters Calls on Industry Stakeholders to Join SAF User Group

Airbus Helicopters is creating a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) group dedicated to the rotary-wing community and is calling all major stakeholders to join the initiative.

The SAF User Group will tackle the remaining challenges around biofuels and work on ways to accelerate the use of blended SAF kerosene, paving the way toward 100% SAF flights for future fleets.

All industry players willing to join the SAF User Group initiative should send Airbus an email by 20 June 2021.

“We welcome all helicopter operators, engine manufacturers, fuel system suppliers, energy companies, fuel providers, handling companies, and all other stakeholders in the industry willing to pioneer sustainable aerospace with us,” said Stefan Thomé, Executive Vice President, Engineering and Chief Technical Officer, Airbus Helicopters.

Airbus has pledged to support an industry-wide decarbonisation movement that includes carbon-neutral growth from 2020 and a 50% reduction in CO2 emissions. To achieve these objectives, Airbus’ decarbonisation strategy focuses on improving fuel burn in current-generation aircraft, accelerating the development of new fuels and technologies (i.e. electrification, SAF, etc.), optimising day-to-day aircraft operations, and supporting market-based measures.

All Airbus-made helicopters are currently certified to run with a blend of as much as 50% SAF in the kerosene.

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