Diamond Aircraft works to boost use of SAF

In Austria, Diamond Aircraft Austria together with its sister company Austro Engine has launched a dedicated sustainable aviation fuel development program for their Austro Engine powered aircraft. “Next to the all-electric eDA40, SAF will become a near term available solution for sustainable aviation,” said Robert Kremnitzer, Head of Design Organization, Diamond Aircraft Austria. “In the piston engine segment, we have the big advantage that most of our existing fleet is already using jet fuel. With this program we ensure, that sustainable alternatives to this fuel types may be used as soon as they become available at airports with General Aviation fuel stations with no or only minor adaptions to the aircraft.” Austro Engine not only cooperates with our fleet customer Lufthansa Aviation Training, fuel manufacturers and universities, but also with general aviation partners. Austro Engine is partner of the initiative for aviation fuel based on renewable energy aireg (Aviation Initiative for Renewable Energy in Germany), which is also driving SAF use for General Aviation piston engines forward. Diamond Aircraft and Austro Engine anticipate increasing availability of ASTM D7566 SAF blends as a “drop-in” fuel for General Aviation in the coming years and plans to release the entire fleet for this fuel mix by the end of 2025.

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