SAVANNAH, Ga., Aug. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Gulfstream
Aerospace Corp. today announced it has earned a 2019 Sustainability
Leadership Award from Business Intelligence Group for its
sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) initiatives. The award recognizes
organizations that make sustainability an essential part of their
business operations.
"Innovation is at the core of our business, including our
environmental strategy," said Mark
Burns, president, Gulfstream. "As a company, we explore ways
to support the business-aviation industry's sustainability goals
and have done this by designing aircraft for better fuel efficiency
and through our efforts to raise awareness of the effectiveness of
sustainable aviation fuel in business aviation."
In 2011, a Gulfstream G450 was the first business jet to cross
the Atlantic on SAF. Gulfstream has steadily built on that
initial effort by becoming the first business-jet manufacturer with
a dedicated supply of SAF and the first to offer the fuel to
customers.
In 2015, Gulfstream established an agreement with World Fuel
Services for a consistent supply of SAF for daily operations out of
Savannah. The 30/70 blend of
low-carbon, drop-in SAF, supplied by World Energy, has been used
with Jet-A fuel in daily operations for corporate, demonstration,
Customer Support and Flight Test flights. Gulfstream-operated
aircraft have flown nearly 830,000 nautical miles (1,537,160
kilometers) on SAF, saving more than 950 metric tons of carbon
dioxide.
Earlier this year, Gulfstream became the first business-jet
original equipment manufacturer to make SAF available to customers.
The fuel is available to customers using Gulfstream's Long Beach
facility, where SAF is also being used for Completions flights.
Gulfstream's sustainability strategy and SAF initiatives help
support the business aviation industry goals established by the
National Business Aviation Association, the General Aviation
Manufacturers Association and the International Business Aviation
Council. Those goals include carbon-neutral growth by 2020, an
improvement in fuel efficiency and reduction in total carbon
dioxide emissions.
Gulfstream's supply of SAF is chemically equivalent to
conventional Jet-A and offers the same performance and safety
standards. Each gallon of SAF burned achieves a more-than 50
percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, relative to
petroleum-based jet fuel, on a lifecycle basis.
NOTE TO EDITORS
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, a wholly owned
subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), designs, develops,
manufactures, markets, services and supports the world's most
technologically advanced business-jet aircraft. Gulfstream has
produced more than 2,800 aircraft for customers around the world
since 1958. To meet the diverse transportation needs of the future,
Gulfstream offers a comprehensive fleet of aircraft, comprising the
Gulfstream G280, the Gulfstream G550, the Gulfstream G500, the
Gulfstream G600, the Gulfstream G650 and the Gulfstream
G650ER. We invite you to visit our website for more information and
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