IAG inks SAF deal with Microsoft to co-fund purchase of 14,700 ton in 2023

International Airlines Group has signed a deal with Microsoft for a large-scale purchase of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The co-funding deal is to purchase 14,700 tonnes of SAF in 2023 will allow Microsoft to make progress in reducing its Scope 3 carbon emissions from business travel and air freight. Microsoft has set the goal of being carbon negative by 2030. The sustainable fuel will be produced from used cooking oil and food waste by Phillips 66 Limited’s Humber refinery in northern England. According to IAG, 14,700 tonnes of SAF would be enough to fuel around 300 Boeing 787 Dreamliner flights