Iberia to Fly 10% of Flights Using Sustainable Fuel

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Iberia wishes to broaden its advancement of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) by utilizing waste, recycled utilized oils, and other sustainable plant-based feedstocks. It has actually signed a tactical alliance with Cepsa, among Spain’s leading air travel fuel providers. It means to fly 10% of its operations utilizing SAF by 2030.

According to Maarten Wetselaar, CEO of Cepsa, “this alliance reveals Cepsa’s dedication to sustainability and our company decision to support our consumers by supplying them with practical services that accelerate their energy shift. As a standard in the supply of fuels for the airline company market, we show the Iberia Group the typical objective of promoting the decarbonization of transportation as a tool in the battle versus environment modification”.

” For the decarbonization of the airline company market, the advancement, production, and circulation of sustainably sourced fuels at inexpensive rates and in adequate amount to provide airline companies are important. We are positive that this contract with Cepsa will add to this objective,” stated Javier Sánchez-Prieto, Iberia’s President and CEO.

This arrangement in between Cepsa and the Iberia Group remains in line with the European Commission’s Fit for 55 plan, that includes a legal effort called ‘RefuelEU Aviation,’ which intends to improve the supply and need of air travel biofuels in the European Union, reaching 2% usage by 2025, 5% by 2030 and 63% by 2050.