Gulfstream recognised for leadership in sustainable aviation fuel
Gulfstream Aerospace has been recognised for its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) initiatives, having earned a 2019 Sustainability Leadership Award from Business Intelligence Group. The award recognises organisations that make sustainability an essential part of their operations.
“Innovation is at the core of our business, including our environmental strategy,” said Mark Burns, president of Gulfstream. “As a company, we explore ways to support the business-aviation industry’s sustainability goals and have done this by designing aircraft for better fuel efficiency and through our efforts to raise awareness of the effectiveness of sustainable aviation fuel in business aviation.”
In 2011, the company’s G450 jet was the first business jet to cross the Atlantic fuelled with SAF. Gulfstream has built on this initial success by becoming the first business-jet manufacturer with a dedicated supply of sustainable, and was the first to offer fuel to customers.
The company agreed a consistent supply of SAF in 2015 with World Fuel Services for daily operations out of Savannah in the US state of Georgia. World Energy supplies a 30/70 blend of low-carbon, drop-in SAF, which has been used by Gulfstream-operated aircraft on over 1.5 million kilometres of flights, saving more than 950 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
Earlier in 2019, Gulfstream became the first business-jet original equipment manufacturer to offer SAF to its customers.
“Innovation is at the core of our business, including our environmental strategy,” said Mark Burns, president of Gulfstream. “As a company, we explore ways to support the business-aviation industry’s sustainability goals and have done this by designing aircraft for better fuel efficiency and through our efforts to raise awareness of the effectiveness of sustainable aviation fuel in business aviation.”
In 2011, the company’s G450 jet was the first business jet to cross the Atlantic fuelled with SAF. Gulfstream has built on this initial success by becoming the first business-jet manufacturer with a dedicated supply of sustainable, and was the first to offer fuel to customers.
The company agreed a consistent supply of SAF in 2015 with World Fuel Services for daily operations out of Savannah in the US state of Georgia. World Energy supplies a 30/70 blend of low-carbon, drop-in SAF, which has been used by Gulfstream-operated aircraft on over 1.5 million kilometres of flights, saving more than 950 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
Earlier in 2019, Gulfstream became the first business-jet original equipment manufacturer to offer SAF to its customers.
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