Enilive and EasyJet sign new SAF agreement

Enilive has signed a new agreement with easyJet to supply a number of flights from Milan Malpensa Airport with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The SAF purchased by easyJet, which has a purity of 20% and is blended with conventional jet, enables the airline to meet its requirements for flights on its two new routes to Norway (Malpensa-Oslo and Malpensa-Tromsø) over the winter season.
Furthermore, the airline will benefit from SEA's SAF Support Programme 2024, which has provided a contribution of €800/ton to carriers that use this fuel at Milan's airports during the year, with a total value of €500,000.
Enilive and easyJet have also signed a Letter of Intent for a potential additional supply of about 30,000 tonnes of pure Enilive SAF at other Italian airports where the airline operates.
Stefano Ballista, Enilive’s chief executive officer, said: “Today, SAF is the available solution to help decarbonise air transport.
“In the future, following the implementation of the European Union's ReFuelEU regulation, which calls for a gradual increase of pure SAF input to 70% by 2050, there will be an increasingly more significant demand by operators such as easyJet, which is credited with being ahead of its time as it has already begun to use our SAF. To meet the market needs, we are developing new biorefining projects in Italy and abroad.”
Raminder Shergill, director of tax and fuel strategy at easyJet, said: “SAF is key to our decarbonisation strategy and will play a vital role in helping the aviation sector achieve its net-zero ambitions. We are therefore delighted to be working with Enilive and with our key partner Sea to sign this agreement and hope it provides another positive signal to stimulate further growth of the SAF industry.”