The European Advanced Biofuels Flight Path was launched in June 2011 by the European Commission, in close coordination with Airbus, leading European airlines (Lufthansa, AirFrance/KLM and British Airways) and European biofuel producers (Neste Oils, Biomass Technology Group, UPM, Chemtex Italia and UOP).
The "Biofuels Flight path" is a shared and voluntary commitment by its members to support and promote the production, storage and distribution of sustainably produced drop-in biofuels for use in aviation. It also targets establishing appropriate financial mechanisms to support the construction of industrial "first of a kind" advanced biofuel production plants.
More specifically, the action focuses on the following issues:
- Facilitate the development of standards for drop-in biofuels and their certification for use in commercial aircrafts;
- Work together with the full supply chain to further develop worldwide accepted sustainability certification frameworks
- Agree on biofuel take-off arrangements over a defined period of time and at a reasonable cost;
- Promote appropriate public and private actions to ensure the market uptake of paraffinic biofuels by the aviation sector;
- Establish financing structures to facilitate the realization of 2G biofuel projects;
- Accelerate targeted research and innovation for advanced biofuel technologies, and especially algae.
- Take concrete actions to inform the European citizen of the benefits of replacing kerosene by certified sustainable biofuels.
