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Second Monterey FBO Adds SAF Option
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: Del Monte Aviation, an FBO at California’s Monterey Regional Airport, is now providing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to its customers.
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Del Monte Aviation, an FBO at California’s Monterey Regional Airport, is now providing a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) option to its customers. It joins Monterey Jet Center on the field as a distributor of the renewable fuel produced by Neste and provided by Avfuel.

Flexjet will be Del Monte’s SAF launch customer, and all of the renewable fuel sold at the airport will be documented by 4AIR, which will facilitate the chain of custody and sustainability accounting to prove the transfer of ownership of the fuel, as well as make accurate emissions calculations.

“Sustainable aviation fuel is a highly effective strategy for reducing aircraft emissions that contribute to climate change,” said 4AIR president Kennedy Ricci. “The use of [SAF} goes beyond offsetting emissions to bring in-sector reductions in the near term, which ultimately is the next phase for aviation sustainability.”

Sustainability solutions provider 4AIR offers a four-tier rating framework for its customers' sustainability efforts with specific, science-based goals can that take private aviation users beyond just carbon neutrality, through carbon markets, use of SAF, and support for new technologies.

During this year’s Monterey Car Week, which kicked off on Friday, 4AIR is covering the extra cost of the 30 percent blended SAF purchased at Del Monte Aviation for outbound aircraft. In addition, all inbound and outbound flights at the FBO will be offset by 4AIR, rendering them carbon-neutral.