Story ID: 341
Munich Airport Greenlights Green Fuel
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: Starting on June 1 sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) will be available at Germany’s Munich Airport.
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As of June 1, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is now continuously available at Germany’s Munich Airport as part of its pledge to become CO2 neutral by 2030. The blended drop-in fuel is being delivered to the airport’s 42,200-cubic-meter tank farm by various fuel providers on behalf of the airlines. It then travels via a 10-mile (17 km) pipeline to the airport ramp, where it is being pumped into the airplanes by fuel farm manager Skytanking Munich and other refueling services.

Both commercial and private aircraft draw from that same fuel supply, but FBOs at the airport such as ExecuJet and Signature Flight Support will not be able to offer the environmental credits for the SAF usage to their customers as the fuel is being purchased by the airlines, which will be entitled to receive the emissions-accounting benefits.

“By approving our refueling facilities for sustainable aviation fuel, we are enabling airlines to reduce their CO2 emissions,” said airport CEO Jost Lammers, adding that "green fuels" have a key role to play on the way to complete decarbonization of air transport. “We expect the share of these sustainable fuels in total energy consumption in aviation to increase continuously in the coming years.”
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