SAFUG adds new members to group

LAHORE (PR) - Boeing and members of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group (SAFUG), an airline-led industry working group, announced that several leading air carriers have been accepted as members to the group. Existing members welcome the new group members Alaska Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, TUlfly and Virgin Blue. Current airline members include Air France, Air New Zealand, ANA (All Nippon Airways), Cargolux, Gulf Air, Japan Airlines, KLM, SAS and Virgin Atlantic Airways. Boeing and Honeywells UOP, a refining technology developer, are associate members. Since its launch in 2008, the User Group has established a foundation of airlines, environmental organisations, research projects and practices and principles that can help accelerate the commercialisation and availability of sustainable biofuels. User Group members have pledged to work through the Roundtable for Sustainable Biofuels (RSB), a global multi-stakeholder initiative, consisting of leading environmental organisations, financiers, biofuel developers, biofuel-interested petroleum companies, the transportation sector, developing-world poverty alleviation associations, research entities, and governments.

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