{"id":25015,"date":"2023-03-06T16:59:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T16:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=25015"},"modified":"2023-03-06T16:59:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T16:59:40","slug":"neste-collaboration-achieves-first-helicopter-flight-using-saf-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/international-news\/neste-collaboration-achieves-first-helicopter-flight-using-saf-in-australia\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Neste Collaboration Achieves First Helicopter Flight Using SAF in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Photo above &#8211;  Airbus helicopter landing at Moorabbin Airport, Australia. <\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neste, Airbus, Safran Engines and Microflite, a leading\nAustralian helicopter operator, have jointly operated Australia\u2019s first\nhelicopter flights using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). On this demonstration\nflight, an Airbus H130 helicopter powered by a Safran Arriel 2D engine used\nblended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supplied by Neste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SAF provides a more sustainable, renewable alternative to\nconventional, fossil-based jet fuel. Today\u2019s flight using Neste MY Sustainable\nAviation Fuel\u2122 demonstrates that SAF is a solution available today to significantly\nreduce greenhouse gas emissions of air travel. The helicopter took off from\nMoorabbin Airport near Melbourne and will be expected to fly for a total of 60\nminutes over the next few days, and is fueled with a 40\/60 blend of SAF with\nconventional jet fuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Witnessing the SAF demonstration flight launch at the Avalon\nAirshow, The Hon Catherine King MP, Minister of Infrastructure, Transport,\nRegional Development and Local Government of Australia said \u201cSustainable\naviation fuels represent a tangible opportunity for the aviation sector to cut\nits emissions in the short to medium term and it is encouraging to see that\nhappening firsthand. Our Jet Zero council will work with industry so that we\ncan see more initiatives like this across Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs a young and dynamic aviation company with a strong\nvision to lead excellence in sustainable aviation, we have a fleet of over 20\naircraft conducting passenger, aerial work, and emergency services operations.\nOur ten-year strategy is to transition our entire fleet to either SAF or\nelectrically powered flight. This Australian-first use of SAF in a rotary-wing\naircraft has been achieved through a collaboration with our valued industry\npartners, and Microflite is proud of the commitment from Airbus, Safran and\nNeste to join us in leading a sustainable aviation industry,\u201d said Chief\nOperating Officer Rodney Higgins from Microflite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are pleased to support Airbus, Safran and Microflite on\nthis demonstration flight with the first-ever delivery of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation\nFuel to Australia,\u201d said Sami Jauhiainen, Vice President APAC, Renewable\nAviation at Neste. \u201cThe fuel was delivered to Avalon with the support of our\npartner, Itochu Corporation. With the expansion of our Singapore refinery\nstarting operations at the end of the first quarter this year, we will be able\nto produce up to one million tons of SAF annually, ready to support the\naviation industry with its emission reduction targets in the Asia Pacific\nregion and globally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe use of SAF is one of Airbus\u2019 levers to reduce carbon\nemissions, and we are proud to have achieved this milestone SAF flight with\nlong-standing partners Safran and Microflite,\u201d said Stephen Forshaw, Airbus\nChief Representative for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. \u201cThis demonstration\nflight underscores Airbus\u2019 commitment to help our customers achieve more\nsustainable operations. It is an important step in our journey towards\ndecarbonisation, as we join like-minded industry partners for a wider adoption\nof SAF in flights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is an important step in our roadmap for the\nlarge-scale deployment of SAF,\u201d said Cedric Jochum, Managing Director of Safran\nHelicopter Engines Australia. \u201cSafran Helicopter Engines turbine range is\nalready certified to run on 50% SAF and our team is working to certify\noperations with 100% SAF. When a 100% incorporation level is achieved, SAF\noffers a reduction in CO2e emissions of up to 80%.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo above &#8211; Airbus helicopter landing at Moorabbin Airport, Australia. Neste, Airbus, Safran Engines and Microflite, a leading Australian helicopter operator, have jointly operated Australia\u2019s first helicopter flights using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). On this demonstration flight, an Airbus H130 helicopter powered by a Safran Arriel 2D engine used blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supplied [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25016,"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-25015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Airbus-H130.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25015","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=25015"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25017,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25015\/revisions\/25017"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}