As of this week, the airlines of the Air France-KLM Group, namely Air France, KLM and Transavia will add Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to all tickets with a departure from France and the Netherlands. This means that all passengers will have a more sustainable journey and the demand for SAF will increase drastically with the end goal to reduce CO2 emissions.
Air France, KLM, and Transavia are convinced that the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) will be one of the main drivers to reach the net zero ambition by 2050. SAF can reduce the footprint of flights by an average of 80% over their entire life cycle and therefore constitute – alongside fleet renewal and eco-piloting – a major lever for achieving the ambition of zero net CO2 emissions by 2050, and the group’s SBTi commitments. Going forward, the Air France-KLM Group’s decarbonisation trajectory is to accelerate SAF incorporation as production increases, with a target of 5% in 2030 and up to 63% in 2050.
“Today, SAF production worldwide covers only around 0.1% of the total fuel usage of the aviation industry. We need to speed up the production. And that’s why we are now gradually incorporating SAF in our flights departing from France and the Netherlands as of January 2022. Since the majority of Air France and KLM passengers have a stopover or a transfer in France or the Netherlands, we are happy to offer most of our customers a more sustainable product.” says Fahmi Mahjoub, General Manager Air France and KLM United Kingdom & Ireland.
Air France, KLM, and Transavia will include SAF in the price of their tickets – a fully transparent contribution dedicated to purchasing SAF – to further speed up the road towards a more sustainable aviation. This contribution will be applied to all flights departing from, or with transit in, France and the Netherlands and it ranges from 1€ per flight within Europe to up to 4€ for intercontinental flights in Economy class on flights operated by Air France and KLM.
“At the same time as we are adding SAF to all our tickets, we also offer our customers buying their tickets online the option to further reduce their CO2 emissions by investing in Sustainable Aviation Fuel. This means that each and every customer can decide how sustainably they want to fly. We know that there is a big demand for a more sustainable aviation and we are convinced that our customers will appreciate the option to add as much SAF as they would like” indicates Fahmi Mahjoub
