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Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Scoot are aiming to replace 5% of their total fuel
requirements with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2030.
Given its potential to reduce carbon emissions by
up to 80% on a life-cycle basis compared to conventional jet fuel,
SAF is a key decarbonisation lever for the airline industry and critical to
SIA Group’s
goal of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
“This is an important milestone in the
SIA Group’s sustainability journey. The greater use of sustainable
fuel will be a key lever in our decarbonisation strategy, which
includes our continued investment in new generation aircraft and
greater operational efficiencies. Together, this will put us on
the path towards our net zero target,” said Goh Choon Phong, Chief
Executive Officer, Singapore Airlines. “However, we cannot do this alone. Deeper
collaboration with partners and stakeholders, both in Singapore
and around the world, is needed for all of us to meet our
collective sustainability targets. We will continue to find
opportunities to work together to support the greater production
and use of sustainable fuel in the airline industry, as well as
other decarbonisation initiatives.”
Singapore Airlines A380 reg: 9V-SKT landing at LHR in June 2023. Picture by Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com
As a member of Singapore’s
International Advisory Panel (IAP) to develop the sustainable air
hub blueprint, SIA has been playing an active part in the
development of a decarbonisation roadmap for the country’s
aviation sector.
Over the last
few years, SIA Group has been working closely with partners, both
in Singapore and around the world, to better understand the
operational and commercial considerations that would support the
greater supply and adoption of SAF.
The group also supports IATA and other stakeholders in their efforts to
agree on the core principles of various SAF accounting methods
which will increase trust that emission
reductions from using SAF can be reliably tracked, traced and
accounted for.
In 2017, in partnership with the Civil Aviation
Authority of Singapore (CAAS), SIA operated 12 green package
flights from San Francisco to Singapore that incorporated the use
of SAF, fuel-efficient aircraft, and optimised flight operations.
In 2020, SIA entered a year-long partnership with
Stockholm’s Swedavia Airport to deploy a blend of jet fuel and SAF
through the airport’s fuel hydrant system on SIA flights between
Stockholm and Moscow. This partnership improved the group’s
understanding of the logistics and procurement of renewable fuels.
In September 2023, SIA, CAAS, and GenZero,
concluded a 20-month SAF pilot under which 1,000 tonnes of neat
SAF were imported, blended in Singapore, and uplifted via Changi
Airport’s fuel hydrant system on SIA and Scoot flights.
An
equivalent 1,000 SAF credits were generated through a trusted
industry standard, the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials
(RSB) Book & Claim System, representing approximately 2,500 tonnes of carbon dioxide reductions. The credits were offered to
corporates and freight forwarders as an avenue to reduce their
carbon footprint while supporting the development of a nascent SAF
industry.
One of the major stumbling blocks facing the
airline industry’s sustainable aviation goals for 2030, will be
the fact that there is simply not enough SAF currently available
globally, and refineries, although confirmed in some instances,
are yet to even begin construction.
The SIA Group said that discussions with fuel suppliers on opportunities
to purchase sustainable aviation fuel are ongoing.
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