Japan Airlines announced on May 1 that it has supplied nationally produced sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for the first time to a passenger flight at Kansai International Airport (KIX), Japan Airlines Flight JL891 (Kansai to Shanghai Pudong).
According to the airline, SAF supplier Saffaire Sky Energy LLC has received ISCC CORSIA certification for the first time in Japan.
The certified SAF is mass-produced at the manufacturing facility located at the Cosmo Oil Sakai refinery.
The airline said the domestic SAF supply chain has officially begun operations with the successful supply to passenger flights.
In the aviation industry, ICAO has set a target to reduce emissions from international flights by 15 percent from 2019 levels from 2024 onwards, and to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
