Ryanair is to take an additional 500 tonnes of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) from industrial fuel provider OMV.
The announcement follows Ryanair’s initial purchase of 500 tonnes of SAF from the same supplier last October.
The additional order will be delivered this year and the agreement will save a further 1,250+ tonnes in CO2 emissions. This is equivalent to around 100 Ryanair flights from Dublin to Vienna.
Under Ryanair and OMV’s MOU agreement, Ryanair has unique access to purchase up to 160,000 metric tonnes of SAF from OMV up to 2030.
Ryanair’s Director of Sustainability, Tom Fowler, said: “We’re delighted to be taking an additional 500 tonnes of SAF from OMV this year, in addition to the 500 tonnes we agreed in October last. SAF plays a key role in our Pathway to Net Zero decarbonisation strategy in which we have committed to increasing our use of over the coming years – a commitment that this deal with OMV will help move further forward. OMV is a key partner for Ryanair in Austria, Germany and Romania and we look forward to growing this partnership as Europe’s largest airline group.”