2023 Market update on Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) republished with permission from Aaron Robinson

Findings include: 
► Global SAF use was 310,000 tonnes in 2023 compared with 140,000 tonnes in 2022, or 121% growth.
► SAF use increased to 0.11% of the industry’s 286 million tonnes consumption of aviation fuels compared with 0.06% in 2022.
► 78% of global SAF use in 2023 was by European passenger/cargo carriers—even in advance of 2025 mandates—compared with 74% in 2022.
► 69% of global SAF use was at just three carriers: Air France-KLM, DHL, and IAG (56%). Each used more than the US airline industry’s 48,000 tonnes.

Note: laggards on the following chart are in fact leaders—because many airlines have not used SAF at all.




About the data:
► the author looked at voluntary disclosures (annual reports and sustainability reports) from the top 60+ airlines globally. The reported data covers 64% of global fuel use.
► If an airline talked about SAF in their reporting but did not say how much, it was recorded as as 1 tonne.
► The scale is logarithmic, so small visual differences are actually quite large.
► Not all data is reported the same way, but consistent conversions are used throughout.
► If the airline has a non-December fiscal year, the most recent fiscal year with data is shown.
► If data for an airline are misreported or not reported, the author will correct them or add missing figures.

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