United adds Embraer and other partners to SAF program

United Airlines has added several corporate partners to its sustainability investment program, the United Airlines Sustainable Flight Fund, which aims to reduce emissions and drive production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) through investments in startups. The new corporate partners include Aircastle, Air New Zealand, Embraer, Google, HIS, Natixis CIB, Safran, and Technip Energies. The partners make up various elements of the aviation supply chain and have committed $200 million. “SAF is the best tool we have to decarbonize airplanes, but we don’t have enough of it,” said United Airlines Ventures managing director Andrew Chang. He added: “We recruited a group