Hawaiian Airlines and Par Hawaii to jointly explore SAF in Hawaiʻi

Hawaiian Airlines and Par Hawaii, an affiliate of Par Pacific that is Hawaiʻi’s largest supplier of energy products, plan join forces to study the commercial viability of locally produced sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) — to replace all or a percentage of traditional kerosene-based jet fuel with fuel that is made with sustainable feedstocks. Based on a memorandum of understanding signed by both companies, Hawaiian Airlines and Par Hawaii will jointly evaluate the potential to convert two of the processing units at Par’s Kapolei refinery to produce renewable fuels, including sustainable aviation fuel; explore the production of locally grown, oil-yielding crops;