American Flight Uses Non-Biobased SAF in U.S. First

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Originally published at: American Flight Uses Non-Biobased SAF in U.S. First

Infinium produced the fuel using waste carbon dioxide and renewable electricity.

[Paul_Young]

Story is misleading. What is waste carbon dioxide? And how much of the CO2 derivative was blended with conventional jet fuel? Was the ratio 90 - 10 jet fuel to whatever it is? Clickbait

[Samuel_Drake]

I agree. What is the ratio? What is the source of the CO2? Also, what is the real cost? Given enough energy, you can make about anything.

[pilotmww (Matt W)]

Just curious, does using SAF require a STC for that aircraft and if not would anyone know why? None of the turbine powered airplanes I have flown have SAF listed in the POH as approved jet fuel.

[retiredav]

According to AI overview;

E-SAF (e-aviation synthetic fuel or power-to-liquid SAF) is significantly more expensive than traditional fossil jet fuel. While conventional fossil jet fuel typically trades around $2 to $2.50 per gallon (roughly $600 to $734 per tonne), e-SAF production costs range anywhere from $7 to $16+ per gallon (or roughly €7,695 / ~$7,500+ per tonne). This makes e-SAF roughly 4 to 13 times more expensive than conventional fossil fuels depending on regional pricing and calculation metrics.