Gulfstream Makes First Sustainable Alternative Jet Fuel Sale
It produces 50 percent less greenhouse-gas emissions than the petroleum-based alternative.
Gulfstream Aerospace has made its first sale of sustainable alternative jet fuel (SAJF) to a U.S.-based multinational corporation that operates a G550, the Savannah, Georgia–based airframer recently announced. The customer purchased 20,000 pounds of SAJF from Gulfstream’s Long Beach, California facility.
The sale comes about six weeks after Gulfstream participated in an industry-sponsored event, Business Jets Fuel Green: A Step Toward Sustainability, at Van Nuys Airport (VNY) in California. For that event, Gulfstream set a city-pair record, flying its SAJF-fueled G280 from Savannah to Van Nuys. “This sale is a direct result of our efforts to increase the visibility and availability of sustainable alternative jet fuel for our customers,” said Gulfstream president Mark Burns. “We are committed to helping promote increased use of SAJF throughout the industry.”
For the past seven years, Gulfstream has used a 30/70 blend of low-carbon, drop-in SAJF and jet-A for operations at its Savannah headquarters. And in the past three years, it has been using SAJF with its corporate, demonstration, and flight-test aircraft. SAJF meets the same fuel specifications as jet-A and offers equivalent performance, Gulfstream said. It added that SAJF achieves more than a 50 percent reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions relative to petroleum-based jet fuel, on a life-cycle basis.
Large-cabin completions flights departing from Gulfstream’s Long Beach site will also begin using SAJF, the company said. “We look forward to the day this fuel is commonplace in our industry and we are all doing our part to reduce emissions worldwide,” Burns added.