Air France-KLM Group’s Flight 342 completed its first long-haul flight powered by sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from Total SE’s 16% biofuel blend produced from used cooking oil. 

Air France Flight 342 departed from Groupe ADP’s Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport in France for Montreal, Canada with its tanks filled with SAF produced in Total’s La Mède biorefinery in southern France and its Oudalle factory. The aircraft did not require any modifications to its engines, storage or distribution infrastructure to incorporate the biofuel. 

France’s current climate legislation calls for all French aircraft to fuel with at least 1% SAF by 2022. By 2025, all French aircraft must use at least 2% biofuel, and by 2030, 5%. Total will assist in France’s efforts by producing SAF...