Dubai’s Emirates hopes to procure 50% of its fuel supply from sustainable sources by 2030

Dubai’s Emirates hopes to procure 50% of its fuel supply from sustainable sources by 2030

Dubai: As part of the global aviation industry’s push to meet carbon emission targets, Dubai’s flagship carrier Emirates is pinning its hopes to procure 50 per cent of its fuel supply from sustainable alternatives and renewable sources by 2030. This comes after the airline successfully completed a demonstration flight using 100 per cent sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in one of the two engines on a Boeing 777-300 ER wide-body aircraft on Monday. Test flight EK2646 departed from Dubai International Airport (DXB) and flew over the emirate’s coastline for 42 minutes, marking the first flight in the Mena region to be powered by 100 per cent SAF in one of the two engines. Speaking to Gulf News at the sidelines of the event, Adel Al Redha, Chief Operating Officer at Emirates, said: “The biggest challenge the industry faces today is the availability of SAF and the delivery of the fuel at airports. Our aim (by 2030) is to have SAF run our fuel supply by 50 per cent.” The remaining 50 per cent would come from conventional jet fuel. SAF is produced from sustainable feedstocks and is very similar in chemistry to traditional fossil jet fuel. Using SAF results in a