The agreement was signed for the supply of more than 800,000 tons of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) for the years 2023 to 2030.
The Lufthansa Group announced that the company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with OMV, the global energy and chemicals group. The agreement was signed for the supply of more than 800,000 tons of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) for the years 2023 to 2030. With the new MoU, the two companies intend to expand their existing partnership by adding new locations for SAF production and offtake as well as new technologies. OMV has already been supplying SAF to the Lufthansa Group airline Austrian Airlines at Vienna International Airport since March 2022.
The Lufthansa Group, with the expansion of the cooperation, can drive the availability, market ramp-up and use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) as an essential element for a CO2-neutral future of aviation. The Lufthansa Group is continuously reviewing options for long-term purchase agreements and is already the largest Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) customer in Europe. For OMV, the planned SAF supply partnership with the Lufthansa Group is a further step towards reducing the CO2 intensity of the product portfolio and providing solutions for the sustainable development of the aviation industry.
Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) is an aviation fuel that is produced without the use of fossil energy sources, such as crude oil or natural gas. Various production processes exist and different feedstocks are available as energy sources. The current generation of SAF saves 80 percent CO2 compared to conventional kerosene. The SAF is mainly produced from biogenic residues, for example from used cooking oils. SAF is currently mixed with fossil kerosene before being transported to the airport. In the long term, SAF can enable virtually CO2-neutral aviation.
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The Lufthansa Group has been involved in SAF research for many years, has built up an extensive network of partnerships and is driving forward the introduction of sustainable next-generation aviation fuels in particular. Special focus is placed on the forward-looking Power-to-Liquid and Sun-to-Liquid technologies, which use renewable energies or solar thermal energy as energy carriers.
