This biofuel, which is produced at the refinery owned by the Total Oil Group in La Midi, near Marseille (southeastern France), could avoid emitting 20 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) on the trip, the four partner companies said in a statement. He said in a statement .. experience.
Airbus, Air France, Total and Paris Airports (ADP) confirmed that this joint initiative fulfills the ambition of decarbonizing air transport and developing sustainable aviation fuel production in France, which is a “prerequisite” for use at the country’s airports.
According to Air France calculations, the use of this mixture of frying oil represents an additional cost per passenger of about four euros for the route between the French capital and the Canadian city.
To avoid losing competitiveness, the goal is to popularize the use of this biofuel to all airlines.
French regulations stipulate that from 2022, 1% of biofuels should be used in all flights departing from the country, a percentage that should increase to 2% in 2025 and 5% in 2030.
In parallel with the current process, Airbus is carrying out a series of tests to certify aircraft that can use 100% biofuels “in the coming decades”.
French-Dutch group Air France-KLM is proud to be one of the pioneers in the use of this fuel, with the first flight of the KLM aircraft in 2009.
Its Director General, Benjamin Smith, stressed that sustainable fuels, along with fleet renewal, are the main medium-term mechanisms for the goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions per passenger by 2030.
For his part, Airbus’ General Manager, Guillaume Fawry, called on all sector actors to work together to increase the relative weight of this biofuel, which can already be used with a mixture of 50% in aircraft, “without any modification or operational impact”, thus reducing From the environmental impact.
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