Half a Decade On, 4Air Notes Sustainability Milestones

Business aviation sustainability solutions provider 4Air has reached several milestones since its launch five years ago. The company noted that it has facilitated the offset of more than 6 million tonnes of CO2 through the use of verified carbon offsets and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by its customers.

That equates to more than 2 million carbon-neutral flight hours, and the documented use of 20.2 million gallons of blended SAF, which by itself was responsible for life cycle CO2 emissions reductions of 43,000 tonnes of CO2 compared to the use of jet-A.

Since 2020, 4Air has also contributed $250,000 to support aviation sustainability research through its Aviation Climate Fund, and it recently implemented the first live trials for the mitigation of business aviation contrails.

“Our goal with launching 4Air was to make sustainability accessible, and this success shows that there is a desire by business aviation to decarbonize, if the right tools are put in place,” said company president Kennedy Ricci. “But we must keep pushing to drive broader industry adoption and achieve even higher levels of sustainability.”

NBAA has set a voluntary industry goal of net-zero for 2050. SAF adoption by business aircraft operators will play a large part in being able to achieve that goal.