en.Wedoany.com Reported - A European consortium has recently successfully completed a passenger flight using a blended fuel containing 5% electronic sustainable aviation fuel (e-SAF), operating on the route from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport to Hamburg Airport. The participating institutions in this project include KLM, Ineratec, Hamburg Airport, and MB Energy.
The synthetic aviation kerosene used for this flight was produced by Ineratec's Era One plant, subsequently distilled by ASG Analytik-Service, then blended with conventional aviation kerosene by MB Energy, and finally refueled at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport by KLM's regional subsidiary, KLM Cityhopper. The Era One plant produces synthetic fuel using hydrogen and carbon dioxide as raw materials and is hailed as Europe's first commercially operational "Power-to-Liquid" (PtL) fuel production facility.
Although the blending ratio of e-SAF in this flight was only 5%, this demonstration validates the feasibility of the relevant technology in commercial flights and highlights its potential to help the aviation industry reduce carbon emissions. However, the large-scale deployment of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and e-SAF still faces numerous bottlenecks, such as insufficient feedstock supply. Current actual production in Europe remains far from the scale required to meet the 2030 targets, with many projects still awaiting final investment decisions (FID). Additionally, slow progress in construction permits and environmental approvals, coupled with policy uncertainties arising from Europe's ReFuelEU Aviation regulation, also constrain industry development.
Jonathan Perkins, CEO of MB Energy, pointed out that the company is laying a solid foundation by expanding market access, upgrading infrastructure, and stabilizing supply chain construction, so that "when customers are ready, we can provide sufficient supply." KLM CEO Marjan Rintel stated that e-SAF is expected to make a key contribution to the decarbonization of the aviation industry. KLM had already completed an e-SAF passenger demonstration flight from Amsterdam to Madrid in 2021, but she admitted that current fuel supply remains "far below the industry's target demand" and called for enhanced collaboration among governments, industry, and partners to expand e-SAF supply and reduce costs, thereby accelerating the aviation industry's transition to a sustainable model. Ineratec co-founder and CEO Tim Boeltken believes that this flight validates the safety and usability of Power-to-Liquid fuel, and this is just the first step in a series of industry application verifications the company plans to conduct this year.
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