Successfully tested aircraft using fuel from cooking oil
Accordingly, the experimental A380 aircraft equipped with Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines used sustainable aviation fuel (also known as SAF), which is mainly made from used cooking oil.
Using this special fuel, the first test aircraft completed a three-hour flight from Blagnac airport in Toulouse (Airbus headquarters in France) on 25 March 2022.
It is known that after that, Airbus continued to make a second A380 flight, still using the same fuel made from used cooking oil, flying from Toulouse to Nice on March 29. The purpose of the second flight. These two are to monitor the use of SAF during take-off and landing.
Flight test using an Airbus A380.
SAF sustainable aviation fuel is provided by TotalEnergies, a company based in the Normandy region of France. This fuel is made from Water and Fatty Acid (HEFA) Treated Esters, and is free of aromatics and sulfur.
Airbus tested the use of SAF-powered flights last year, with one A350 and one A319neo. The company hopes its planes will be certified for SAF-fuelled flights by the end of the decade.
Using sustainable aviation fuel has great significance in protecting the environment as it can reduce carbon emissions by 53 to 71%. Not only Airbus, a number of major airlines have begun to think about using new fuels. However, the high cost has not allowed widespread adoption to take place as soon as expected.
Specifically, until 2035, Airbus plans to bring the world’s first zero-emissions aircraft to market.
While in the present, the Airbus A380 is still often used as an aircraft to test new engines and fuels. Part of that is because they are more fuel efficient than modern long-range planes, and the A380 has also been the most popular airliner for a decade.
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