Ask the Editors: When Will You Blow The Whistle On SAF?

Graham Warwick March 04, 2022
Neste truck, Helsinki Airport
Airlines are pushing fuel producers to use wastes and residues as feedstocks for SAF.
Credit: Neste
Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) are a great demonstration project, but will they be a pipe dream if “100% sustainable” is to be taken seriously? The global fuel consumption by airlines in 2019 was 95 billion gal. a year; in 2020, before COVID-19, it ran at 98 billion gal. Do you think there is the...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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