Highlights Marathon Petroleum’s Virent provides key components World Energy produced SAF used as fuel Jet demand impacted from omicron variant United Airlines is flying a jet with more than 100 passengers from Chicago to Washington, DC, on Dec. 1 using 100% sustainable aviation fuel, marking the first commercial flight ever using only renewable fuel, the company has said. “Today’s SAF flight is not only a significant milestone for efforts to decarbonize our industry, but when combined with the surge in commitments to produce and purchase alternative fuels, we’re demonstrating the scalable and impactful way companies can join together and play a role in addressing the biggest challenge of our lifetimes.” said United CEO Scott Kirby, who will fly onboard the historic SAF flight, in a statement. Currently, airlines are only permitted to use a maximum […]