Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline and global energy group, Repsol, today (4 May) signed a Memo of Understanding (MOU) to advance the supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at Ryanair airports across Spain & Portugal further advancing the airline’s Pathway to Net Zero strategy.
While SAF is a key enabler of aviation decarbonisation, it only accounts for a small fraction of the current jet fuel usage worldwide. This agreement with Repsol gives Ryanair access to up to 155,000 tonnes (52m gallons) of SAF between 2025 and 2030 (equiv. to over 28,000 flights from Dublin to Madrid), saving approximately 490,000 tonnes in CO2 emissions.
Ryanair has set itself an ambitious goal of using 12.5% SAF by 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2050, and this agreement demonstrates both Ryanair and Repsol’s commitment to working together and investing in SAF supply fuels.
Speaking at Repsol’s Headquarters in Madrid, Ryanair DAC’s CEO Eddie Wilson, said:
“SAF plays a key role in Ryanair’s Pathway to Net Zero strategy and our goal of using 12.5% SAF by 2030. Achieving this requires multiple different feedstocks and production methods and we’re encouraged that Repsol are looking at multiple solutions. This agreement helps Ryanair secure access to c.15% of this ambitious goal.
Repsol is a key sustainability partner for Ryanair, and we look forward to building on this collaboration as our Group grows to carry 225m passengers annually by FY26.”
Valero Marin, Repsol’s Executive Managing Director of Client, added:
“This collaboration agreement with Ryanair, Europe’s leading passenger airline, reinforces our commitment to the aviation sector and it is another step in Repsol’s commitment to renewable fuels. The aviation sector needs solutions such as SAF fuels to support the decarbonization process it is currently undergoing. This also consolidates our position as a multi-energy company with the objective of achieving zero net emissions by 2050”.
Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline, today (12 Apr) announced that it has expanded its partnership with the world leading sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supplier, Neste, to power its full schedule of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) flights with a 40% SAF blend from 1 Apr.
This significant increase in SAF use represents the latest milestone development in Ryanair’s ambitious goal of operating 12.5% of flights with SAF by 2030 and further supports Ryanair’s Pathway to Net Zero by 2050 decarbonisation goals, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 32%.
Ryanair’s Director of Sustainability, Thomas Fowler said:
“Ryanair is delighted to extend our partnership with Neste to increase the amount of Ryanair flights at Amsterdam being powered with a 40% blend of SAF from a third of flights to our entire Amsterdam operation from 1 April.
Increasing the use of SAF is a fundamental pillar of our Pathway to Net Zero by 2050 decarbonisation strategy and this increase at Amsterdam will reduce greenhouse gas emissions of our flights from there by 32%.
We look forward to continuing our growing partnership with Neste as we further progress our goal of operating 12.5% of Ryanair flights with SAF by 2030.”
Alexander Küper, Neste’s Vice President EMEA, Renewable Aviation added:
“Decarbonising aviation is more important than ever, and we are proud to support Ryanair in achieving their ambitious Pathway to Net Zero by 2050. Increasing the usage of SAF to all flights departing from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is a major milestone enabling Ryanair to substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions of its operations at the airport.
We look forward to continuing working together with Ryanair on the reduction of their emissions as we increase our annual SAF production capability to 1.5 million tons per annum by the end of 2023.”
Ryanair, największa europejska linia lotnicza, oraz globalny koncern energetyczny Shell podpisały dziś (czwartek, 1 grudnia) protokół ustaleń (MOU), którego celem jest zwiększenie dostaw zrównoważonego paliwa lotniczego (SAF) na ponad 200 lotniskach Ryanair w całej Europie, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem dostaw SAF w największych bazach Ryanair, takich jak Dublin i Londyn Stansted.
SAF jest kluczowym czynnikiem umożliwiającym dekarbonizację lotnictwa, ale obecnie stanowi jedynie niewielki ułamek światowego zużycia paliwa lotniczego. Umowa z Shell daje Ryanairowi potencjalny dostęp do 360 000 ton (120 mln galonów) SAF w latach 2025-2030, co pozwoli zaoszczędzić około 900 000 ton emisji CO2 (co odpowiada ponad 70 000 lotów z Dublina do Mediolanu). SAF objęty niniejszym protokołem ustaleń może być potencjalnie produkowany przy użyciu wielu różnych technologii i z szerokiego zakresu zrównoważonych surowców.
Umowa ta, podpisana dziś rano w Centrum Badań nad Zrównoważonym Lotnictwem w Trinity College w Dublinie (TCD) (gdzie Ryanair i TCD zorganizowały Dzień Zrównoważonego Lotnictwa), dowodzi zaangażowania Ryanair i Shell we współpracę w zakresie inwestycji w paliwa dostawcze SAF. Ryanair wyznaczył sobie ambitne cele: 12,5% SAF do 2030 roku i zerową emisję netto do 2050 roku.
Przemawiając podczas Dnia Zrównoważonego Rozwoju Ryanair w TCD, dyrektor ds. zrównoważonego rozwoju, Thomas Fowler powiedział:
“SAF odgrywa kluczową rolę w naszej strategii Pathway to Net Zero, a także w naszym zobowiązaniu do osiągnięcia celu 12,5% SAF do 2030 roku. Dzisiejsza umowa z Shell pomaga Ryanairowi zabezpieczyć dostęp do około 20% tego ambitnego celu. Shell jest kluczowym partnerem Ryanair w zakresie zrównoważonego rozwoju i z niecierpliwością czekamy na rozwój współpracy z Shell w miarę zrównoważonego rozwoju naszej Grupy, która do roku finansowego 2012 będzie przewozić 225 mln pasażerów rocznie.”
Prezes Shell Aviation, Jan Toschka, dodał:“To fantastyczne, że w oparciu o nasze dotychczasowe relacje z Ryanair możemy teraz przyjrzeć się temu, co możemy wspólnie osiągnąć w zakresie zrównoważonego rozwoju. To wstępne porozumienie pokazuje, że obie firmy uznają, że SAF jest kluczem do odblokowania przyszłości zero netto dla lotnictwa. Podzielamy tę samą ambicję, aby umożliwić pasażerom Ryanair latanie z niższą emisją dwutlenku węgla. Przywództwo i odważne działania są potrzebne, aby przyspieszyć dekarbonizację lotów, a dzisiejsze ogłoszenie jest tego doskonałym przykładem.”
Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline, has partnered with Citi to become the first European airline to deposit funds in its new Sustainable Deposit Solution, which launched earlier this year. This will enable Ryanair to invest excess cash to support different sustainable financing projects across Citi’s portfolio, such as renewable energy, water conservation, healthcare and education in emerging markets.
The initiative supports Ryanair’s sustainability agenda. Funds invested are allocated to finance or refinance assets in a portfolio of eligible green and/or social finance projects, based on the criteria set out in the Citi Green Bond Framework, Social Finance Framework and Social Bond for Affordable Housing Framework.
Ryanair’s Director of Sustainability, Thomas Fowler, said:
“Ryanair is proud to be leading sustainable aviation in Europe, which is further evidenced by our partnership with Citi to deposit funds in their new Sustainable Deposit Solution. This will not only help us manage our finances more sustainably but will further drive our sustainability agenda in whole as we support several sustainability projects across Citi’s portfolio, from water conservation to affordable housing and beyond.”
David Tsui, Global Sustainability (ESG) Head of Deposit and Investment Products at Citi, said:
“Citi is helping our clients to progress their own ESG priorities by providing the opportunity to support eligible environmental and social projects in Citi’s portfolios. We are delighted to partner with Ryanair as the first European airline to deposit funds in our recently launched Sustainable Deposit Solution. We have committed to financing and facilitating $1 trillion in sustainable finance by 2030 as part of goal to further the acceleration to a sustainable, low carbon economy.”
Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, has today (08 Dec) announced that it has been awarded a ‘B’ rating on climate protection from the CDP – an international non-profit that helps organisations to disclose their environmental impact. This rating shows an improvement on Ryanair’s rating for the previous year (‘B-’) and recognises the significant work that Ryanair has undertaken to manage its environmental impact to date.
This result confirms Ryanair’s high level of value chain engagement, transparency in the disclosure of CO2 emissions, and its industry leading CO2 emissions reduction initiatives, such as the airlines $22bn investment in new ‘Gamechanger’ aircraft that reduce CO2 emissions by 16% while carrying 4% more passengers, all of which Ryanair was awarded the top standard “A” rating for.
Ryanair has set a goal of achieving an overall CDP rating of ‘A’ in the next two years.
Ryanair’s Director of Sustainability, Thomas Fowler, said:
“We are delighted to be awarded a ‘B’ rating in this year’s CDP. This acknowledges Ryanair’s commitment to reducing its environmental impact. Over the years we have reduced our environmental footprint, leading us to be one of the most environmentally efficient airlines. We did this through investing in innovative technology and by driving a company-wide decarbonisation programme.”