12.5% Sustainable Aviation Fuel by 2030

The use of sustainable aviation fuel (“SAF”) is key to decarbonise the industry in the short to medium term. SAF can deliver significant CO2 emissions savings and is a promising technology to pursue the achievement of the EU Green Deal’s objectives. For these reasons, Ryanair committed to an industry-leading 12.5% SAF use in 2030. In April 2022, we announced a partnership with Neste, a SAF supplier, to power approx. one third of our flights at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) with a 40% SAF blend. This SAF will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by over 60%, supporting Ryanair’s Pathway to Net Zero by 2050 decarbonisation goals. Ryanair has already significantly advanced this commitment by partnering with Trinity College Dublin to open the Ryanair Sustainable Aviation Research Centre, which was launched in April 2021. It is composed by 11 engineers and scientists focused on researching SAF, zero carbon aircraft propulsion systems and noise mapping for low-noise aircraft fleets.


"Target of 60g CO2 pax/km by 2030"

We're the No.1 EU airline for traffic, yet we rank fifth in terms of CO2 emissions. What this means is that we carry almost four times the passengers as the No.6 airline while producing similar levels of CO2 emissions. We want to keep improving our performances, and are committed to reducing emission intensity by 10% from pre-pandemic levels (66g CO2 pax/km) to 60g CO2 pax/km by 2030.