The three airframe manufacturers agreed to seek collaborative opportunities to speak in unity to government, biofuel producers and other key stakeholders to support, promote and accelerate the availability of sustainable new jet fuel sources.
Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Jim Albaugh, Airbus President and CEO Tom Enders, and Embraer Commercial Aviation President Paulo Cesar Silva, signed the agreement at the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) Aviation and Environment Summit in Geneva.
Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO Jim Albaugh said by working with Airbus and Embraer on sustainable biofuels, the company can accelerate their availability and reduce its industry’s impacts on the planet it shares.
The collaboration agreement supports the industry’s multi-pronged approach to continuously reduce the industry’s carbon emissions.
All three companies are affiliate members of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group, which includes 23 airlines responsible for about 25% of annual aviation fuel use.
Boeing and Embraer are already collaborating on how to establish a sustainable aviation biofuels industry in Brazil and exploring new technology pathways to broaden biofuel sourcing and availability.
