Honda Aircraft Company has become the first twin-turbine very light business jet manufacturer to operate the HondaJet on a successful test flight using 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, flying 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 by the 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 fitted on the HondaJet.
“We are immensely proud of our engineering team for 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 towards aligning our business activities with the global Honda goal of decarbonising our operations by 2050.”
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