Neste, ITOCHU Corporation and Fuji Oil worked together to supply SAF to Japanese airlines

In Japan, Neste, ITOCHU Corporation and Fuji Oil Company collaborated to supply sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), which was locally-blended with conventional jet fuel, to the Japanese market as part of a demonstration project of the Civil Aviation Bureau of the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). The initiative helps Japan prepare for the future when significantly larger quantities of SAF will be needed to help the aviation industry achieve its emissions reduction goals. MLIT has set the target to achieve 10% SAF use in Japan by 2030.

In this partnership, ITOCHU imported neat (i.e. unblended) Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel into Japan where the fuel was locally blended with conventional fossil jet fuel in cooperation with Fuji Oil Company. A portion of the blended SAF has been delivered to Chubu Centrair International Airport, located south of Nagoya in central Japan, for use in flight inspection aircraft owned by the Civil Aviation Bureau of the MLIT. The fuel delivery makes Chubu Centrair the third airport in Japan to enable airlines to benefit from Neste-produced SAF, following earlier deliveries into the Haneda International Airport and Narita International Airport.

All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Airlines (JAL) have purchased locally blended SAF from ITOCHU. ANA will use the fuel on their international and domestic flights from Haneda and Narita airport. JAL will be the first airline using SAF at Chubu Centrair Airport as well as at Haneda and Narita airports going forward.