TotalEnergies to collaborate with Air France-KLM for SAF

TotalEnergies and Air France-KLM have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the delivery of more than 1 million m3/800 000 t of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by TotalEnergies to Air France-KLM Group airlines over a 10-year period, from 2023.

This SAF will be produced by TotalEnergies at its biorefineries. It will be made available to Air France-KLM Group’s airlines, mainly for flights departing from France and the Netherlands.

The SAFs produced by TotalEnergies reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by at least 80% on average over the entire life cycle, compared with their fossil equivalent.

Air France-KLM has implemented a strict sourcing policy and is committed to purchasing only SAFs that do not compete with human food or animal feed, that are RSB or ISCC certified for sustainability, and that are not derived from palm oil.

With the signing of this MoU, Air France-KLM and TotalEnergies confirm their collaboration and their goal of furthering the development of a more responsible aviation sector.

The two companies have been collaborating on the use of SAF for nearly 10 years. Their partnership began with ‘Lab Line for the Future’ in 2014, a two-year experiment during which 78 flights between Paris-Orly and Toulouse and between Paris-Orly and Nice were powered by 10% SAF supplied by TotalEnergies.

In January 2020, Air France and TotalEnergies, alongside Safran and Suez, participated in the Call for Expression of Interest launched by the French government aimed at developing SAF production in France.

Over the last two years, TotalEnergies has also supplied SAF for a number of Air France-KLM Group commercial flights:

In May 2021, Air France’s first long-haul flight, between Paris and Montreal, powered by 16 % SAF produced in France.

In October 2021, an Air France flight between Paris and Nice powered by 30% SAF.

In May 2022, an Air France flight operated as part of the SkyTeam Sustainable Flight Challenge, between Paris and Montreal, powered by 16% SAF.

In June 2022, several flights operated by all of the Air France-KLM Group’s airlines as part of the Connecting Europe Days, powered by 30% SAF.