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RNS Number : 9921P  Avation PLC  23 June 2022

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AVATION PLC

("Avation" or "the Company")

 

FIRST FLIGHT IN HISTORY WITH 100% SUSTANABLE AVIATION FUEL

 

Avation PLC (AVAP: LSE), the commercial passenger aircraft leasing company
advises that manufacturer ATR and Avation customer Braathens Regional Airlines
have collaborated to enable the first ever flight with 100% Sustainable Fuel
in both engines on a commercial aircraft.

 

Executive Chairman Jeff Chatfield said "Avation owns 28 purchase rights over
new future delivery ATR72-600 aircraft. Avation believes the sustainable
aviation fuel is important because CO2 emissions are reduced by up to 80%
compared to non-sustainable jet fuel. Avation is transitioning to become a
lessor of climate friendly low CO2 emission aircraft."

 

The full text of the ATR announcement is appended below.

 

 

-     ENDS -

 

Enquiries:

 

Avation PLC - Jeff Chatfield, Executive
Chairman
+65 6252 2077

 

Avation welcomes shareholder questions and comments and advises the email
address is: investor@avation.net (mailto:investor@avation.net)

 

Notes to Editors:

Avation PLC is an aircraft leasing company, headquartered in Singapore, owning
and managing a fleet of commercial passenger aircraft which it leases to
airlines around the world. More information on Avation is available at
www.avation.net (http://www.avation.net) .

 

 

-     TEXT OF ATR ANNOUNCEMENT -

 

First Flight in History with 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel in Both Engines on
a Commercial Aircraft

 

ATR, Braathens Regional Airlines and Neste collaborate to further support
aviation decarbonisation target and accelerate SAF certification

 

Stockholm, 21 June 2022 - Today, regional aircraft manufacturer ATR, Swedish
airline Braathens Regional Airlines and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)
supplier Neste supplier Neste collaborated to enable the first ever 100%
SAF-powered test flight on a commercial aircraft. When used in neat form Neste
MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ reduces greenhouse gas emissions over its life
cycle by up to 80%* compared to fossil jet fuel use.*.

 

This historic test flight took place in Sweden and is part of the 100%
sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) certification process of ATR aircraft that
started in September 2021 in cooperation with Braathens and Neste and should
be completed by 2025. It has been the latest in a series of successful ground
and flight tests on the ATR 72-600 prototype aircraft performed at the
beginning of 2022, including flights with 100% SAF in one engine, and today it
was the first time it was done with 100% SAF in two engines.

 

ATR CEO Stefano Bortoli, said: "Today is a historic day for aviation. After
more than a century of commercial flights powered by kerosene, we are at the
dawn of a new era. In recent months, we carried out a series of successful
flights with sustainable fuel in one engine. We now decided it was time to
perform the first test flight with 100% SAF in both engines. This helps us to
certify our aircraft to fly solely on sustainable fuels faster and to enable
more sustainable connections as a result. The flight represents a true
milestone for the entire aviation industry as it shows that this technology
works and can be promptly adopted by many in our industry to speed up the
transition to low emission aviation."

 

"SAF plays a key role in achieving aviation's emission reduction goals," said
Jonathan Wood, Neste's Vice President Europe, Renewable Aviation. "When used
in neat form, at 100% concentration as on this test flight, Neste MY
Sustainable Aviation Fuel reduces greenhouse gas emissions over its life cycle
by up to 80%* compared to fossil jet fuel use, and provides additionally
non-CO2 benefits through significantly reduced particulate emissions, among
others. As a drop-in fuel, it can be used in existing aircraft engines and is
compatible with current airport fuel infrastructure. Test flights like this
show it is possible to safely fly on 100% SAF and help accelerate the adoption
of SAF in aviation."

 

Per G Braathen, Chairman of Braathens Regional Airlines stated "As a leading
Swedish domestic airline our sustainability focus started long before any
other airline, and this milestone is one of the main pillars and represents a
real innovation for the industry. It proved that 100% SAF is the most
immediate and effective option we have to reduce CO2 emissions and move faster
to a decarbonized industry."

 

Achieving this milestone was also made possible by Swedavia enabling the SAF
to be uplifted to the ATR aircraft at Malmo airport and Pratt & Whitney,
closely working together with ATR and Braathens in the preparations of this
milestone flight.

 

"This milestone affirms the opportunity that SAF plays in the aviation
industry and is indicative of the strong commitment Pratt & Whitney has
made to powering more sustainable aviation," said Maria Della Posta, president
of Pratt & Whitney Canada. "We have worked closely with ATR and Braathens
to ensure today's successful flight test with 100% SAF".

 

Today's flight is proof that speeding up the transition to net zero carbon
emissions can only be achieved when all stakeholders within aviation work
closely together. It is a milestone not just for Sweden but globally showing
that the technology is available and has significant benefits to aviation, now
and in the future.

 

Chief ATR pilot Cyril Cizabuiroz, Jean-Pierre Marre, co-pilot, and Pascal
Daussin, Flight Test Mechanic, flew the Braathens' aircraft from Malmo a
coastal city in southern Sweden to Bromma near Stockholm, which took around 1
hour and 20 minutes. The results of today's flight will be analysed and
released at a later date.

 

* Calculated with established life cycle assessment (LCA) methodologies, such
as CORSIA methodology.

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