SWISS teams up with Metafuels to further promote SAF 

SWISS has concluded a new collaboration with the Swiss-based Metafuels SAF technology company.

The partners aim to jointly promote the development and scaling-up of viable SAF solutions. The collaboration should help SWISS secure long-term access to synthetic fuels and make further progress towards lower-emissions aviation, while also investing in Switzerland as an innovation hub.

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has been actively involved in the development of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) for some years now.

The airline and the Lufthansa Group are now taking a further step on this path by teaming up with Metafuels, a Swiss-based company that is developing SAF technologies.

The new partnership is intended to drive and promote the further development and the bringing to market of viable SAF solutions.

SWISS and the Lufthansa Group are also considering committing long-term to SAF procurement contracts, not least in view of the new synthetic fuel additive quotas that are scheduled to be adopted in Switzerland and throughout the European Union from 2030 onwards.

Metafuels has developed a procedure that efficiently converts green methanol into sustainable aviation fuel.

The new technology offers flexibility in the raw materials used – biomethanol or e-methanol – and is basically well scalable, too. The SAF produced can also be used in existing infrastructures and aircraft fleets.

“Future availability of sustainable fuels at sufficient scale will only be possible if investments in technologies and partnerships are made today. That is exactly what we are doing with Metafuels,” says Jens Fehlinger, CEO of SWISS.

“We do not want to wait on the sidelines, but actively contribute to making synthetic fuels market-ready and scalable.”