The logistics group DHL Express wants to source around 800.000 conductors of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) within the next five years. To this end, a strategic partnership was concluded with BP and Neste.

Combined with the previously announced rollout of the innovative new fuel to the DHL network at San Francisco (SFO), East Midlands (EMA) and Amsterdam (AMS) airports, this will achieve 50 percent of DHL Express' target of 2026 percent by 400.000 Covering fuel requirements in air freight with sustainable fuels. The logistics service provider expects that the strategic cooperation will save around two million tons of carbon dioxide emissions over the entire life cycle of the aviation fuel - this corresponds to the annual carbon dioxide emissions of around XNUMX cars

DHL Express transports more than 220 million urgent documents and shipments per year on its global network that spans 480 countries and territories. To put it simply: the approximately 1.000 DHL flights that are operated annually between Cincinnati in the USA and the Leipzig hub with Boeing 777 aircraft could be operated entirely with the agreed 800 million liters of bio-kerosene for a period of twelve years - assumes 100 percent use of sustainable jet fuel. This corresponds to a total of 12.000 CO2-neutral long-haul flights.

“As the world's leading logistics service provider, we are committed to offering our customers environmentally friendly and sustainable solutions. The landmark SAF agreements with bp and Neste are a significant step for the aviation industry and once again underscore the goals of our sustainability roadmap,” says Frank Appel, CEO Deutsche Post DHL Group. "The use of sustainable aviation fuels is currently one of the most important levers in aviation to reduce CO2 emissions with the aircraft types currently available over the entire life cycle."

In its sustainability roadmap, Deutsche Post DHL Group has committed to using more than 2030 percent SAF admixtures in its air freight business by 30. Both producers supply sustainable jet fuel made from used cooking oil. Using SAF derived from waste products and residues can reduce lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by up to 80 percent compared to fossil kerosene, thereby reducing DHL's carbon footprint. In order for the fuel to be truly sustainable, the use of raw materials that compete with food production or indirectly change land use is avoided.