Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) Option
How does your contribution help ? Air France is committed to increasing the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) as much as possible, starting today. With your help, we can increase the volume of SAF purchased and used on future flights. If you are a Flying Blue member, you can use your Miles to contribute to the purchase of SAF and earn additional XP.
Our answers to your questions
What is sustainable aviation fuel?
SAF is a substitute for kerosene. They emit the same amount of CO2 during a flight as kerosene. SAF has lower emissions due to its manufacturing process.
The SAF that Air France selects:
- is made from non-fossil resources such as used oils.
- reduces CO₂ emissions by at least 65% over the entire life cycle (from manufacture to combustion), compared with kerosene.
- meets European Union criteria (no competition with food chains, no production from palm oil).
Air France goes one step further by applying these sustainability criteria to all selected SAF, including those purchased outside of Europe.
How are your options used?
As the cost of SAF is significantly higher than that of fossil kerosene, your contributions help us to invest even more in these fuels and accelerate their development.
European regulations require aviation fuel suppliers to include a minimum 2% SAF in their deliveries to European airports.
A SAF contribution is already inclued in the price of all our flights. Its amount is listed in your ticket price breakdown on the line: “Contribution to Sustainable aviation fuel”
With your help, via the Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) option, we can increase the volume of SAF purchased and used. Every euro paid in is fully invested in the purchase of sustainable aviation fuel. Your contribution is allocated to the purchase of SAF no later than twelve months after the date of your transport.
In addition to CO2 emissions, air transport can impact climate in other ways. The impact is still difficult to measure on a flight-by-flight basis. The white streaks seen in the wake of an aircraft, or condensation trails, made up of water vapor and soot, can contribute to climate disruption if they become persistent. Their warming effect is significant and of the same order of magnitude as CO2. Air France is mobilized with its scientific and industrial partners to implement solutions to reduce the formation of these persistent trails. According to several studies, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) could significantly limit these effects.