DB Schenker is the most fresh member of the air-cargo community to be half of Cathay’s Corporate Sustainable Aviation Gasoline (SAF) Programme. With its commitment to lowering its carbon emissions thru the programme, DB Schenker has modified into the largest contributor to the plan so a long way.
The Corporate SAF Programme modified into established in 2022 to motivate take care of climate trade. It enables participants to aquire SAF for uplift on Cathay Pacific and Cathay Cargo flights from Hong Kong and other ports on the network. By becoming a member of and committing to aquire 878 tonnes of SAF (the identical of 290,000 US gallons), DB Schenker has extra demonstrated its commitment to lowering the climate impact of its air cargo activities, which dates again to 2020 when it began to utilize SAF for a percentage of its transport volumes.
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SAF is a valuable instrument for the aviation industry to diminish emissions as it works in direction of its target of carbon neutrality by 2050. Cathay Pacific has committed to 10% of its fuel wants being derived from SAF by 2030. The project runs alongside Cathay Cargo’s Hover Greener programme, which presents excessive-quality carbon offsetting thru Gold Identical outdated certified community and environmental initiatives.
The Cathay Neighborhood moreover not too prolonged ago signed a memorandum of knowing with Singapore Airways to collaborate on a diversity of initiatives to promote the event and take-up of SAF within the Asia Pacific problem and to highlight SAF’s central feature within the decarbonisation of aviation. Sooner than that, Cathay Cargo has secured orders for fresh next-skills Airbus A350F freighters, which offer bigger fuel economy.
Cathay Director Cargo Tom Owen talked about: “We are contented to welcome DB Schenker because the most up-to-date member of the Cathay Corporate SAF Programme – and the largest contributor so a long way. It’s colossal to possess this stage of give a enhance to from this form of valuable participant within the air cargo industry to work with us in decarbonising aviation. By changing ragged jet fuel with sustainable aviation fuel, DB Schenker’s commitment is the identical of saving better than 2,600 tonnes in CO2 emissions. This powerfully conveys the message that there’s exact and rising seek files from for SAF, and this partnership is a testomony to the collaborative ethos of Greener Collectively as we circulate one step nearer to the aim of a more sustainable air cargo industry.”
Thorsten Meincke, World Board Member for Air and Ocean Freight at DB Schenker, added: “By partnering with Cathay Pacific on SAF, we are reinforcing our sustainability commitment and leadership within the skies. The collaboration underlines our environmental stewardship in air cargo and helps the global push for SAF by rising seek files from for it across more areas across the globe, which is able to indirectly contribute to a more sustainable future.”
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Working with assorted fuel dealer partners, Cathay has been ready to uplift SAF at its Hong Kong hub and other ports across its network. The SAF feeble for the affiliation with DB Schenker is derived from atomize cooking oil and animal fats. As share of the programme, the airline complications participants with documentation to point out their Scope 3 emissions reductions from their flights the use of SAF. Searching on the fuel’s feedstock and production assignment, SAF can decrease greenhouse gasoline emissions by better than 80% on a existence-cycle foundation when put next with ragged jet fuel.
