Air France #AF342 A350-900 is partially using used cooking oil as fuel from Paris to Montreal.At 3:40 p.m. today (18 May 2021), Air France Flight 342 took off from Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport’s Terminal 2E for Montreal with its tanks filled for the first time with sustainable aviation fuel produced in Total’s French plants.Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is a blend of conventional aviation fuel (JET-A1) and biojet fuel made from waste and residue sourced from the circular economy (animal fat, used cooking oil, etc.).The biofuel used for this flight was made from waste and residue sourced from the circular economy. Total produced the SAF from used cooking oil at its La Mède biorefinery in southern France and at its Oudalle factory near Le Havre, without using any virgin plant-based oil.
(From LtoR) Air France-KLM Chief Executive Officer Benjamin Smith, Air France CEO Anne Rigail,Total Chief Executive Officer Patrick Pouyanne, French Group ADP (Aeroports de Paris) Chief Executive Officer Augustin de Romanet, Total Aviation head Paul Mannes and Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle airport head Marc Houalla pose at Roissy airport on May 18, 2021, prior to the take off of the first Air France jet long-haul aircraft fueled with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) produced by French energy group Total. (Photo by Eric PIERMONT / AFP)