Airbus inks MoU with renewable fuels provider

Airbus has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to “advance the production and uptake of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF),” with producer Neste. So-called SAF, both believe, can help cut greenhouse gas emissions from air travel if what they see as “challenges in accelerating SAF use” – particularly related to production – can be overcome. According to an Airbus statement, the two partners will tag-team on “technical development of SAF, fuel approval and testing of current and future production technologies, and investigating how ‘100% SAF’ use can be enabled”. The French manufacturer said in a separate statement that it would work