Ahead of the start of the Paris Summer Olympic Games in July, Avfuel announced it will establish permanent supplies of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at three airports in France. Leading the list is Paris Le Bourget Airport—one of Europe’s busiest business aviation hubs—as well as Bordeaux-Mérignac and Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airports.
At all three locations, Avfuel’s customers can purchase a 30% SAF blend produced in France via its contract fuel program. Comparable to the company’s SAF supply in the U.S., each 4,000-liter upload will provide a 2.5-tonne reduction in life cycle carbon emissions.
“Providing meaningful opportunities to reduce carbon emissions is incredibly important to Avfuel and, increasingly so, to its customers,” said C.R. Sincock II, the company’s executive v-p. “We’re a global company, so expanding SAF access to our customer base beyond North America’s borders has been a tremendous focus for our team.”
In addition to this new SAF availability in France, Avfuel supplies the renewable fuel to 17 FBOs and airports in the U.S. “Our team understands there is much work yet to be done–to help foster wider adoption of the fuel, we’re always looking for ways to grow both SAF access and production,” explained Sincock. “Our SAF expansion into the European market reflects that focus.”
To back that up, the Michigan-based fuel provider invests in new fuel technology companies that are developing next-generation SAF feedstocks. It has also established AvfuelZero, an in-house sustainability program with experts available to assist customers in assessing emissions, setting targets, reducing emissions, reporting reductions, and complying with audits.
For the third year in a row, Avfuel as a company has achieved sustainability designation under the National Air Transportation Association’s (NATA) Sustainability Standard for Aviation Businesses. While it has received certification every year since the start of the program, for the first time, it has reached Tier 2, which involved undergoing a thorough assessment of its carbon footprint and sustainable processes as well as a reduction in the company’s baseline carbon footprint.
In addition to improving its sustainability status, Avfuel continues to offset Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions, with its latest offsets focused on funding domestic U.S.-based carbon credits.