Qatar Airways will purchase 5 mn gallons a year of sustainable aviation fuel (or “SAF” in industryspeak) from US renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels company Gevo, according to a company statement published yesterday. The agreement sets out the terms for the fuel purchase over the coming five years, subject to conditions including Gevo’s commitment to develop, finance, and construct one or more facilities to supply Qatar with SAF, the statement says. Fuel delivery is expected to begin in 2028.

This is part of a larger agreement between Gevo and airline alliance Oneworld: Oneworld alliance members signed an MoU with Gevo in March for the alliance’s airlines to buy up to 200 mn gallons of Gevo’s SAF over the coming five years. Within MENA, Royal Air Maroc, Royal Jordanian Airlines, and Oman Air are also members of the alliance.

About Gevo: Gevo produces gasoline, jet fuel, and diesel fuel considered to be renewable because it uses sustainably-grown corn as a raw material, according to their website, with the carbon itself coming from CO2 in the air, taken into the corn through photosynthesis. When burned, these fuels “have the potential to yield net-zero greenhouse gas emissions when measured across the full life cycle of the products,” it says.