First A380 powered by 100%
Sustainable Aviation Fuel takes to the skies
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Toulouse, 28 March 2022 – Airbus has performed a
first A380 flight powered by 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel
(SAF).
Airbus’ A380 test aircraft MSN 1 took off from Blagnac Airport,
Toulouse, France at 08h43 on Friday 25 March. The flight lasted
about three hours, operating one Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine on
100% SAF.
27 tonnes of unblended SAF were provided by Total Energies for
this flight. The SAF produced in Normandy, close to Le Havre,
France, was made from Hydroprocessed Esters and Fatty Acids
(HEFA), free of aromatics and sulphur, and primarily consisting
of used cooking oil, as well as other waste fats. A second
flight, with the same aircraft, is scheduled to take place from
Toulouse to Nice Airport, on the 29 March to test the use of SAF
during take-off and landing.
This is the third Airbus aircraft type to fly on 100% SAF over
the course of 12 months; the first was an Airbus A350 in March
2021 followed by an A319neo single-aisle aircraft in October
2021.
Increasing the use of SAF remains a key pathway to achieving the
industry’s ambition of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Key
statistics outlined in the Waypoint 2050 report indicate that SAF
could contribute between 53% and 71% of required carbon
reductions.
All Airbus aircraft are currently certified to fly with up to a
50% blend of SAF mixed with kerosene. The aim is to achieve
certification of 100% SAF by the end of this decade.
The A380 aircraft used during the test is the same aircraft
recently revealed as Airbus’ ZEROe Demonstrator - a flying
testbed for future technologies instrumental to bringing the
world’s first zero-emission aircraft to market by 2035.
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