Airbus, Rolls-Royce, Safran and Singapore Airlines Sign Global SAF Declaration

(18 Feb 2022)  Airbus, Rolls-Royce, Safran and Singapore Airlines signed the Global SAF Declaration at the Singapore Airshow this week, committing to promote the acceleration of the development, production, and consumption of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).

The Global SAF Declaration calls on industry partners from the aerospace, aviation and fuel value chains to jointly work towards the uptake of SAF as an important part of decarbonisation with the ambition of ensuring a steady ramp up over the next ten years.

The declaration is open to all airlines, as well as aviation and aerospace organisations, as a complement to their sustainability commitments.

Singapore Airlines A350-900 reg: 9V-SMH. Picture by Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com

Singapore Airlines is the first airline to sign the Declaration.

Lee Wen Fen, Senior Vice President Corporate Planning, Singapore Airlines, said, “The Global SAF Declaration reaffirms SIA’s commitment to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. SIA remains firmly committed to our sustainability goals. and has been actively advancing the use of SAF in Singapore together with our partners. Beyond SAF, we also use multiple levers to achieve our goals, including achieving higher operational efficiency and investing in new-generation aircraft. We will continue to collaborate with like-minded partners globally to work towards decarbonisation and environmental sustainability in our operations.”

All Airbus aircraft are currently certified to fly with 50% SAF and the company is working towards increasing this to 100% by 2030.

Grazia Vittadini, Chief Technology and Strategy Officer at Rolls-Royce, said, “Signing the declaration is an important milestone for the aerospace industry. We welcome the opportunity to push for more SAF use by coming together across the value chain. It is important that we combine our efforts and focus into building the momentum required to drive this forwards. We are all big advocates for the development of alternative propulsion solutions including hydrogen, hybrid-electric and electric and we also recognise that SAFs are a key building block to set us on our path towards achieving our long-term decarbonisation goals.”