Air Transport World announced Sustainable Aviation Fuels Northwest among the winners of the magazine’s inaugural Eco-Aviation Awards. SAFN was recognized as Eco-Partnership of the Year for collaboration on the nation’s first regional stakeholder effort to explore the opportunities and challenges surrounding the production of sustainable aviation fuels.
The Port of Portland has been involved with SAFN since it launched in July 2010, along with partners Boeing, Alaska Airlines, Port of Seattle, Spokane International Airport and Washington State University. “We continue to use our position in the industry and the region to share the lessons learned from this project to encourage innovation around the production and use of sustainable aviation fuels in the Northwest,” said Phil Ralston, Port of Portland aviation environmental and safety manager. The project mapped a path to develop a safe, sustainable and economically viable aviation biofuels industry in the Northwest, with a broader aim of achieving carbon-neutral growth across the aviation industry beyond 2020.
