REG-TotalEnergies SE Decarbonization of Air Transportation: Air France, TotalEnergies, the Métropole of Nice Côte d’Azur and Nice Côte d’Azur Airport Carry Out a Nice-Paris Flight Fueled With 30% Sustainable Aviation Fuel

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Decarbonization of Air Transportation: Air France, TotalEnergies, the
Métropole of Nice Côte d’Azur and Nice Côte d’Azur Airport Carry Out a
Nice-Paris Flight Fueled With 30% Sustainable Aviation Fuel

 

Air France, TotalEnergies (Paris:TTE) (LSE:TTE) (NYSE:TTE), the Metropole and
the Airport of Nice Côte d’Azur have joined forces to operate a flight
fueled with Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). Air France Flight 6235 has taken
off for Orly Airport in Paris today at 6.30 pm from Nice Airport's Terminal 2,
after being loaded with 30% SAF produced by TotalEnergies in its French
plants.

The SAF-fueled flight is taking place during the Nice Transition Days, an
international festival celebrating ecological innovations lasting until
October 3, 2021, hosted by and organized by the Métropole of Nice-Côte
d’Azur in partnership with the La Tribune newspaper and the Transition Forum
association. The flight marks the end of the Transition Forum, an
international economic conference held over two days during the Nice
Transition Days, whose purpose is to accelerate the transition to a
lower-carbon future.

The flight, operated out of France's second-largest airport, concretizes the
ambition shared by public and private enterprises alike to meet the major dual
challenge of decarbonizing air travel while continuing to support a vibrant
economy and tourist industry in the regions. This shared endeavor illustrates
the need to come together to create a convergence between economic and social
imperatives and the energy transition.

After a first long-haul flight fueled by French-made SAF in May, this is a
further realization by Air France and TotalEnergies towards supporting and
developing the production of sustainable aviation fuel in France, as an
essential condition for its widespread take-up in French airports.

The biofuel used for this flight was produced from waste and residues
generated by the circular economy. It was made by TotalEnergies from used
cooking oils at its biorefinery of La (Bouches-du-Rhône) and its plant at
Oudalle (Seine-Maritime). The French-produced SAF carries ISCC-EU
certification (International Sustainability & Carbon Certification)
awarded by an independent body which guarantees its sustainability. The 30%
incorporation on the Nice-Paris flight will prevent the emission of 3 tons of
CO(2).

Christian Estrosi, Mayor of Nice, Chairman of the Métropole Nice Côte
d’Azur and Deputy Chairman of the Provence-Alps-Côte d’Azur region: "I am
delighted that Nice is seeing the first Nice-Paris flight fueled with 30% SAF,
symbolizing the policy of transition towards decarbonized forms of transport.
This technological innovation, which illustrates the ecology of the future
that I so fervently hope to see, is a crucial advance in a sector which
urgently needs to reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases. I have chosen to
commit us to a reduction of 55% of these emissions by 2030 in mainland France,
and to an ambitious plan for sustainable land planning, greening, sustainable
mobility, habitat and waste prevention. This is the framework in which Nice
Airport—a leading instrument of economic development in France—is
contributing to a very active and determined environmental policy, with a
commitment to 'Net Zero Carbon', with no offsetting, by 2030."

Anne Rigail, CEO, Air France: "Air France is very happy to sign off the two
days of the Nice Transition Forum with a flight from Nice to Orly Airport in
Paris, fueled with a significant 30% proportion of SAF. This operation is a
further reminder to our partners, the City of Nice Côte d'Azur, Nice Airport
and TotalEnergies, that only close collaboration between all stakeholders will
allow SAF to become the air industry's foremost driver of decarbonization."

Alexis Vovk, President, TotalEnergies Marketing & Services: "The
development of biofuels is a major pathway for TotalEnergies to follow in
working towards the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and meeting
the challenge of transport decarbonization. It is also an additional asset in
helping the regions with their own energy transition, alongside solutions that
are available today—electric mobility and gas, wind and solar. We are
continuing to adapt our industrial facilities and service offering to optimize
our response to the growing demand from both public and private sectors,
illustrated this week by the signing of a declaration of cooperation in green
growth between TotalEnergies and the Métropole Nice Côte d’Azur. By acting
directly on the carbon intensity of the energy products used by our customers,
we are pursuing our strategy of building a multi-energy company with the
ambition to get to net zero by 2050."

Franck Goldnadel, Chairman of the Management Board, Aéroports de la Côte
d’Azur: "For twenty years, Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur has been fighting
on all fronts to bring its direct emissions down, and as a result of these
efforts the reduction in absolute terms of its emissions recently earned it
Airport Carbon Accreditation level 4+, which is the highest level awarded and
which it is the first French airport company to achieve. Operating a
SAF-fueled flight seven years after an initial test flight chimes with and
strengthens our resolve to be an active player in the decarbonization of air
travel and a test lab for the airport of the future."

Jean-Christophe Tortora, Chairman, La Tribune: "This flight is a source of
pride for our newspaper, because our every day mission is to inform people and
bring them together to make a difference. With this air travel innovation,
thanks to our partners, the Forum held at Nice has been more environmentally
responsible. La Tribune is working towards a lower-carbon future and will
pursue other initiatives to turn the media industry into a player committed to
face the climate emergency."

Sustainable Aviation Fuel - SAF

Sustainable Aviation Fuel is an immediately available solution for achieving
significant CO(2) reductions in air transport. It can be dropped into existing
storage and distribution infrastructure, airplanes and engines without any
modifications. Its progressive use worldwide should lead to a significant
reduction in CO(2) emissions from air transport, because it produces 80% less
CO(2) on average across its entire life cycle.

The Nice Transition Days

To underline the City of Nice Côte d’Azur's commitment to the ecological
transition and its international appeal, the Nice Transition Days are taking
place until October 3. A genuine innovation lab, they allow visitors to
discover and test the latest innovations to change people's everyday lives,
and to enjoy a range of experiences over the four-day event.

The Transition Forum

For two days, starting on September 30, this conversation space hosted a
diverse community of international players, decision-makers from the public
and private sectors, global innovators, entrepreneurs, industrial groups,
researchers and figures from civil society, for the purpose of catalyzing
solutions.

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About Air France

Since 1933, Air France has been promoting and highlighting France throughout
the world. With an activity divided between passenger transport, cargo
transport and aeronautical maintenance, Air France is a major air transport
player. More than 40,000 staff that make up its workforce are committed on a
daily basis to offering each customer a unique travel experience. Air France,
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Transavia make up the Air France-KLM Group. The
group Air France-KLM relies on the strength of its hubs at Paris-Charles de
Gaulle and Amsterdam-Schiphol to offer a vast international network. Its
Flying Blue frequent flyer programme has over 17 million members. Air France
and KLM are members of the SkyTeam alliance which has a total of 19 member
airlines.

Air France places the health and safety of its customers and staff at the
heart of its priorities and, from the start of the health crisis, introduced
exceptional measures, grouped together under the Air France Protect
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label, to ensure a stress-free trip.

Air France has set itself ambitious sustainable development targets and is
working to significantly reduce its CO(2) emissions. Air France is committed
to a climate target of zero net CO(2) emissions by 2050, through major
investments to renew its fleet with new-generation aircraft, the use of
innovative solutions to reduce fuel consumption and the gradual use of
Sustainable Aviation Fuel.

About TotalEnergies

TotalEnergies is a broad energy company that produces and markets energies on
a global scale: oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables and
electricity. Our 105,000 employees are committed to energy that is ever more
affordable, clean, reliable and accessible to as many people as possible.
Active in more than 130 countries, TotalEnergies puts sustainable development
in all its dimensions at the heart of its projects and operations to
contribute to the well-being of people.

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About Métropole Nice Côte d’Azur

Since its creation in January 2012, the Nice Côte d'Azur Metropolis, which
brings together 49 municipalities and 550,000 inhabitants, has been pursuing
an ambitious policy based on an attractive territory stretching from the
shores of the Mediterranean to the peaks of the Mercantour. With in mind the
necessity to adapt its territory to the climate emergency and the biodiversity
crisis that we are experiencing, the Nice Côte d'Azur Metropolis has voted a
Climate Plan 2025 whose goal is to achieve -55% of greenhouse gas emissions by
2030. New measures will also be taken, such as the modification of the
metropolitan Local Urban Plan to limit the urbanization of hills and valleys,
to reach a goal of zero net land artificialization and to impose an
eco-construction charter. It was the first city to sign the United Nations
Global Compact, the world's largest sustainable development initiative, and it
also initiated the Nice Climate Agreement to implement and defend the ecology
of the future. All these initiatives have made the Nice Côte d'Azur
Metropolis an exemplary, 100% carbon-free community, where sustainable tourism
and the circular economy will have their full place.

About Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur

The Aéroports de la Côte d'Azur group operates Nice Côte d'Azur Airport,
the second-busiest airport hub in France, and Cannes Mandelieu and Golfe de
Saint-Tropez airports. It is number two in Europe for business aviation. The
regular helicopter connection between Nice and Monaco is the busiest in the
world in terms of traffic. The Group's three airports are certified as Level
4+ Transition Carbon Neutral by ACI, and the Group has committed to achieve
the goal of zero CO(2) emissions without compensation by 2030. Since 2016,
Aéroports de la Côte d'Azur has been a private group, and the majority of
its capital belongs to the Azzura consortium.

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