The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has praised the historic step of making aviation fuel from ethanol and launch of India’s first domestic commercial flight on indigenous feedstock & SAF.
Replying to a tweet by the Union Minister, Hardeep Singh Puri, the Prime Minister tweeted:
“Indicative of our collective priority towards sustainable development.”
Indicative of our collective priority towards sustainable development. https://t.co/42BUsTtY8n
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 19, 2023
In a significant development towards decarbonizing of the aviation sector, India’s first commercial passenger flight using indigenously produced Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) blend was successfully flown yesterday. Air Asia flight (I5 767) flew from Pune to Delhi powered by SAF blended aviation turbine fuel (ATF) produced by Praj Industries Ltd by using indigenous feedstock, supplied by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. and used by Air Asia. Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri received this special flight at the airport.
Describing the occasion as a significant milestone in the country’s efforts towards Net Zero emissions by 2070, Puri said, “I am glad to witness this historic occasion and receive the first commercial flight fuelled by SAF blended ATF. This would be the First domestic commercial passenger flight with SAF blending up to 1% as demonstration mode”. “By 2025, if we target to blend 1% SAF blending in Jet fuel, India would require around 14 crore litre of SAF/annum. More ambitiously, if we target for 5% SAF blend, India required around 70 crore litre of SAF/ annum”, the Minister informed.
