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Air France-KLM seeks partners for sustainable fuel in Portugal ahead of TAP sale

Air FranceKLM is exploring potential cooperation on sustainable air travel fuel with Portuguese partners ahead of the privatisation of Portugal's flag provider TAP, a representative for the airline stated on Tuesday.

The Franco-Dutch group, Lufthansa and British Airways owner IAG have already revealed interest in TAP's. privatisation, which the federal government wishes to perform this. year.

The representative said a delegation of Air France-KLM. consisting of the group's sustainability groups went to Lisbon in. the last few days.

They satisfied different stakeholders to talk about potential. cooperation opportunities in the field of sustainability and. more particularly SAF, of which Air France-KLM is the world's. number one purchaser and user, the representative added.

A source near the matter stated Air France-KLM had. conferences with business, experts and entities connected to. ecological sustainability.

A ranking by Brussels-based advocacy group Transportation and. Environment called Air France-KLM, United Airlines and. Norwegian as some of the airlines that have taken concrete steps. to buy sustainable jet fuel, which will be vital for the. industry to meet the goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Air France-KLM has stated it included 80,000 metric loads. of SAF - made from eco-friendly biomass or waste materials - into. flight operations in 2023, doubling 2022 levels.

It represented a 1% incorporation rate of SAF in its overall. fuel usage and 16% of worldwide SAF production.

TAP has actually only made a recurring use of this green fuel.

Air France-KLM, Lufthansa and IAG have actually currently met the. Portuguese federal government and are awaiting it to start formal. talks on the sale of either a minority or majority stake in TAP.

The federal government wishes to benefit from its plentiful. eco-friendly resources to give a boost to SAF tasks.

Portugal's Galp Energia is constructing such an. industrial-scale system at its Sines refinery and prepares to begin. producing biojet fuel in 2026.

(source: Reuters)