Brussels Airlines, the flag carrier of Belgium and part of\nthe Lufthansa Group, has started the new year by being the first airline\nreceiving a delivery of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel\u2122 at Brussels Airport\nfor the first time using the NATO Central European Pipeline System (CEPS).\nAviation fuel is supplied by CEPS to commercial airports in Europe, and from 1\nJanuary 2023 these airports can also receive sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)\nvia the pipeline system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brussels Airlines has ambitious sustainability goals\nincluding an aim to emit 50% less CO2 by 2030 compared to 2019, become carbon\nneutral by 2050, and operate its first flight using SAF by 2023. The delivery\nof Neste\u2019s SAF via the CEPS pipeline contributes to Brussels Airlines\u2019\nsustainability goals by enabling the airline to operate its first flight using\nSAF already at the start of 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“To achieve our climate goals, we will have to\ndrastically increase the use of alternatives to fossil fuels in the coming\nyears. Together with the Lufthansa Group, we have already invested in the\nproduction and use of SAF for several years. The fact that sustainable aviation\nfuel can now be transported from the blending facility all the way to our\naircraft in a fast and environmentally friendly way is an important step to\nincrease the use of this type of fuel in the near future,” said Peter\nGerber, CEO of Brussels Airlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSustainable aviation fuel is the most effective tool\ncurrently available to reduce the emissions of air travel. Neste is working\nwith partners like Brussel Airlines and the Lufthansa Group, airports and\nlogistics providers to make SAF available across Europe and globally. Following\npermission by NATO to transport SAF on the CEPS system, we are proud to be the\nfirst to deliver SAF into the pipeline to Brussels airport. We look forward to\nusing the largest pipeline system in Europe to supply other airports in the\nnear future. Pipelines are the most efficient way to supply as Neste is scaling\nup SAF production capacity to 1.5 million tons annually in 2023,\u201d said Jonathan\nWood, Vice President Europe, Renewable Aviation at Neste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first batch of Neste\u2019s SAF for Brussels Airlines was\nloaded into the pipeline system as a ready-to-use blend with conventional jet\nfuel at Neste\u2019s blending facilities in Ghent, Belgium at the turn of the year.\nFrom there, the fuel was transported by Brussels Airlines via the pipeline to\nthe general fuel storage at Brussels Airport, making SAF available for use by\nBrussels Airlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Using Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel\u2122 reduces greenhouse\ngas emissions by up to 80%* over the fuel\u2019s life cycle compared to using fossil\njet fuel. Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel is produced from sustainably\nsourced, 100% renewable waste and residue raw materials, including used cooking\noil and animal fat waste. SAF is blended with conventional jet fuel and works\nseamlessly with existing fueling infrastructure and aircraft engines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Central Europe Pipeline System<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Central Europe Pipeline System (CEPS) is the largest\npetroleum pipeline system in NATO and is used to deliver fuel for air and\nground vehicles around Europe. Comprising some 5,300 km of pipeline running\nthrough Belgium, France, Germany, Luxemburg and the Netherlands, it is one of\nthe most complex and extensive networks of refined product pipelines in the\nworld also connecting to civil airports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n *) When used in neat form (i.e. unblended) and calculated\nwith established life cycle assessment (LCA) methodologies, such as CORSIA\nmethodology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brussels Airlines, the flag carrier of Belgium and part of the Lufthansa Group, has started the new year by being the first airline receiving a delivery of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel\u2122 at Brussels Airport for the first time using the NATO Central European Pipeline System (CEPS). Aviation fuel is supplied by CEPS to commercial […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brussels-Airlines.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24463,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24461\/revisions\/24463"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}