LATAM makes first international flight with SAF

The first international flight LATAM with PURE tookó out by LATAM Cargo Chile from Zaragoza, España, towards Northamérica.

LATAM Group has made its first international flight using combustible sustainable aviationón (PURE, by its acronym in Englishés). The flight was made by LATAM Cargo Chile from Zaragoza Airport, España, towards Northamérich and responds to the group's commitment to become carbon neutral by 2050.

Flight with sustainable fuel from LATAM

The Aviaci Sustainable Fuelón (PURE) It is a type of fuel that comes from alternative raw materials such as waste, fats and oils, among others, which are co-processed together with conventional fuel to produce a synthetic fuel.élow attic CO2. In this case, were used 30.000 liters of PURE co-processed made from used cooking oil, being the other proportionón traditional jet fuel fuel.

with this milestone, The LATAM group becomes the first Aerol groupínew to supply SAF from Air bp at Zaragoza Airport, España, result that was possible thanks to the collaborative work of LATAM and Airbp, together with partners such as AENA and Exolum who also contributedén en la implementationón of this flight.

Currently allowed up to 5% of sustainable raw material within the co-processing of this PURE, to which a saving of around 80% of carbon emissions throughout its life cycle, in comparisonón with aviation fuelóconventional n which it replaces.

“This flight represents one of the advances más specific items on the group agenda about the use of SAF. At LATAM we acquire the commitment to contribute to the protectionón and care for the environment and the use of this type of fuel is a key tool in this effort. We are very happy with this achievement because the use of SAF requires cooperationón of múmultiple actors and the éxito de esta operationón reflects that these collaborations are possible. This was a first step and we will continue looking for alternatives that allow us to make a contribution.ón significant impact to the environment and the communities where we operate”, commentó Andrewés Bianchi, CEO of LATAM Cargo.

LATAM Commitment to Sudamérica

in May 2021, the group LATAM lanceó its renewed strategy sustainability in which I establishedó challenging goals: Achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, remove the plásingle-use plastic throughout its operationón and 2023; and become a zero waste to landfill group in 2027.

Access to SAF in Latinoamérica continúbeing one of the great challenges faced by the various actors who seek to promote the use of fuel produced in this region.ón. Sudanérica has great potential to produce SAF in téterms of natural resources and expertise and thereby make a contributionón very significant to the actionón climáethics: