Honda Aircraft Company fly jet on 100% SAF

Honda Aircraft Company has become the first twin-turbine very light business jet manufacturer to utilise the HondaJet on a successful test flight running a 100% blend of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF).
A production-model HondaJet was fuelled with a mix of Hydroprocessed Esters and Fatty Acids Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene (HEFA-SPK) and Hydrodeoxygenated Synthetic Aromatic Kerosene (HDO-SAK) fuels and flew over the Greensboro area before successfully landing at the company’s world headquarters at Piedmont Triad International Airport.
This test flight represents the culmination of significant efforts made by a Honda Aircraft Company engineering team, in cooperation with GE Honda Aero, a joint venture between General Electric and Honda responsible for the design of the HF120 engines equipped on the HondaJet.
“We are immensely proud of our Honda Aircraft Company engineering team carrying forward our commitment to the future of aviation by demonstrating that the HondaJet is capable of operating on a 100% SAF blend,” said Amod Kelkar, senior vice-president and chief commercial officer at Honda Aircraft Company.
“This achievement is a step toward aligning our business activities with the global Honda goal of decarbonising our business activities by 2050.”