Archive · 3 Oct 2025
Delhi Airport to Pilot Sustainable Aviation Fuel Trials
Imagine airplanes using a special type of fuel made from things like used cooking oil or leftover crops, instead of regular fuel.
Delhi airport is trying this out!
This new fuel is called SAF and is better for the environment.
India will start using a small amount of SAF in airplanes soon, and increase how much they use over the next few years.
The government is also making plans to help make and use more SAF.
India has lots of the materials needed to make SAF and hopes to become a big exporter of it.
Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport will pilot the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
SAF is renewable or waste-derived jet fuel that meets sustainability criteria.
Indian Oil Corporation can now produce SAF at its Panipat refinery.
India plans to implement SAF with increasing blend targets through 2030.
India aims to become a major exporter of SAF due to available resources.
- Who
- India
- What
- Launching a pilot project for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)
- When
- Pilot project is set to begin
- Where
- Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi
- Why
- To promote sustainable aviation and meet future emission targets.
- Pilot Location
- Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi
- SAF Definition
- Renewable or waste-derived jet fuel meeting sustainability criteria
- Feedstock
- Used cooking oil, rice straw, etc.
- SAF Blend Targets
- 1% in 2027, 2% in 2028, 5% by 2030
- CORSIA Scheme
- India's offsetting requirements begin in 2027