American Airlines Completes Milestone Passenger Flight Powered by eSAF
The flight showed eSAF can be used in existing fueling systems and cut lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by more than 90%, Infinium said.
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American delivers first synthetic jet fuel to US airport
American Airlines has used electro sustainable aviation fuel on a commercial passenger flight following what the carrier says was the first delivery of non-biobased sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to a US commercial airport. The eSAF was produced by Infinium at its Pathfinder facility in Corpus Christi, Texas, blended with conventional jet fuel and delivered into the common fuel tanks at Corpus Christi International Airport (CRP). It was then u…
American Airlines Completes Milestone Passenger Flight Powered by eSAF
American Airlines’ recent milestone in collaboration with clean fuels company Infinium puts the spotlight on eSAF, the even-cleaner version of SAF (sustainable aviation fuel). This is eSAF produced locally in Texas, and currently seen as the best option for real reductions in CO2 emissions associated with commercial aviation. A recent American Airlines flight from Corpus Christi International Airport (CRP) to Dallas Fort Worth I... (continue rea…
American Airlines conducted the first commercial passenger flight in the United States using sustainable electrosynthetic aviation fuel (eSAF) at a commercial airport. In partnership with Infinium, the flight took off from Corpus Christi International Airport and landed at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, both in the state of Texas. The operation was conducted by an Embraer E175-E1 aircraft. The eSAF used on the flight was produced from …
American Airlines Completes First U.S. Commercial Flight Powered by eSAF
American Airlines and low-carbon synthetic fuels provider Infinium announced the completion of the first ever commercial flight in the U.S. – from Christi Corpus to Dallas-Fort Worth – using electro-sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF), demonstrating the real-world deployment of next-generation, drop-in SAF. Founded in 2020, California-based Infinium produces synthetic fuels, or eFuels, using renewable power and […]
American Airlines used, for the first time, sustainable electro-synthetic aviation fuel — or eSAF — on a commercial passenger flight between Corpus Christi and Dallas/Fort Worth. Beyond the symbol, the operation shows above all that this CO2- and renewable-electric kerosene can borrow ordinary airport infrastructure, without modification of the aircraft or the supply chain. American Airlines brings the FAS into the American airport network Susta…
More AA Flagship Suites, Delta Tokyo Flights, and More News
Welcome to another weekly roundup. It’s a mainly U.S.-focussed affair this week, with an update on American’s Boeing 777-300 retrofit program, 3 new low-cost routes to Mexico from Volaris, a new route to Hawaii from Southwest, and Delta will return to Tokyo’s second international airport. Additionally, this week saw American Airlines operate the first flight using eSAF aviation fuel. Let’s take a look. American Airlines Retrofitted Boeing 777-30…
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