Delta Air Lines is among a group of organizations and industries that has launched a new coalition to promote the need and drive demand for alternative aviation fuels, the carrier and organization announced Thursday.
Dubbed Americans for Clean Aviation Fuels, the additional founding members include Airbus, ExxonMobil, Growth Energy, Corteva Agriscience, National Business Aviation Association, Indiana Soybean Alliance, Iowa Soybean Association, Missouri Soybeans and the Ohio Soybean Council.
Clean aviation fuels provide an alternative to conventional jet fuel "by significantly reducing lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions and encompass the universe of sustainable aviation fuels—biofuels or synthetic fuels derived from renewable biomass feedstocks, waste resources and renewable energy resources, as well as captured carbon and hydrogen," according to ACAF.
"Building up the market for SAF and other clean aviation fuels has benefits that reach far beyond their important climate and environmental footprint," Delta VP of government affairs and sustainability Cherie Wilson said in a statement. "Widescale SAF production can become the fuel that helps power American's economic engine by creating good-paying jobs in the agriculture, feedstock production, energy generation, construction and manufacturing sectors."