American Airlines and Google Sign Deal for 35 Million Gallons of Sustainable Aviation Fuel
The three-year agreement covers sustainable aviation fuel deliveries at Chicago O'Hare. The fuel will be produced partly from used cooking oil and other waste feedstocks.
ForbesAmerican Airlines and Google have signed an agreement to support 35 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel over three years. The fuel will be produced partly from waste feedstocks such as used cooking oil and delivered at Chicago O'Hare International Airport.
The deal is the largest publicly announced sustainable aviation fuel certificate agreement between an airline and a single corporate customer. American Airlines said the agreement is expected to reduce lifecycle greenhouse-gas emissions by nearly 300,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.
American Airlines said the deal enabled it to secure long-term supply from Valero Marketing and Supply Company. Deliveries are expected through Chicago O'Hare. The airline selected Chicago because Illinois has enacted a sustainable aviation fuel tax credit. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said the agreement demonstrates how the state's tax credit can bring industry leaders together.
Statements American's Chief Sustainability Officer Jill
Blickstein said the agreement is a critical step forward in reducing emissions from operations. Google's Chief Sustainability Officer Kate Brandt said the collaboration demonstrates how companies can work together to scale sustainability technologies and send a demand signal to catalyze investment.
The companies have also partnered to apply artificial intelligence to manage flight paths and reduce contrail formation. A trial of 112 American Airlines flights using contrail-avoidance paths reduced contrail formation by 62 percent with no statistically significant difference in fuel consumption.
