Full-Service Carrier Vistara, which is being integrated into Air India, has become the first Indian carrier to operate commercial domestic flight on a wide-body aircraft using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Vistara operated its brand-new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on the flight from Delhi to Mumbai using a blend of 17% SAF with 83% conventional jet fuel, reducing CO₂ emissions by approximately 5,000 kg, a press release from the airline said.
Last month, Vistara operated a 787 on a long-haul international route using SAF for the first time for an Indian airline. A blend of 30% SAF and 70% conventional jet fuel was used on a ferry flight between Charleston International Airport, South Carolina, to Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi.
On this flight, due to the use of SAF, Vistara was able to reduce approximately 75,000 kg of CO₂ emissions over the fuel's life cycle.
In 2022, Vistara entered into an MoU with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research – Indian Institute of Petroleum to collaborate on developing and deploying SAFs.
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