Asia-based biofuels company EcoCeres has signed a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) agreement with UK airline British Airways (BA).
As part of the multi-year agreement, EcoCeres said it would supply BA with SAF produced from 100% waste-based biomass feedstock, such as used cooking oil (UCO), which had the potential to provide a lifecycle carbon reduction of up to 80% compared to traditional jet fuel.
The agreement was expected to help the airline reduce lifecycle carbon emissions of approximately 400,000 tonnes compared with using the same volume of conventional jet fuel, EcoCeres said on 7 July.
This reduction was equivalent to the total emissions of flying approximately 240,000 economy class passengers on return flights between London and New York.
“We see SAF as an important part of our BA Better World strategy. In 2024 alone, SAF accounted for 2.7% of British Airways’ total fuel use and is contributing to our achievement of a 13% reduction in our carbon intensity since 2019,” BA’s director of sustainability, Carrie Harris said.
BA has made a commitment to fuel 10% of its flights with SAF by 2030 and to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Hong Kong-based EcoCeres produces industrial-scale SAF, hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) and renewable naphtha.
