S-Oil Supplies Korea's First Domestic SAF on Korean Air Incheon-Haneda Route

"Active Consideration of Domestic and International SAF-Dedicated Production Facility Construction"

S-Oil has opened the era of eco-friendly aviation fuel by supplying domestically produced Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to international route passenger flights for the first time in Korea.

S-Oil announced on the 1st that it has started supplying SAF once a week to Korean Air passenger flights operating between Incheon Airport and Tokyo Haneda Airport. This is the first case of domestically produced SAF being supplied on a commercial international route.

On the 30th of last month, S-Oil held the inaugural commercial flight ceremony for domestically produced SAF at Incheon International Airport together with the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Incheon International Airport Corporation, and Korean Air.

Minister An Deok-geun of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Minister Park Sang-woo of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and Kim Sang-hyup, Chairman of the 2050 Carbon Neutral Green Growth Committee, attended to celebrate this achievement. At the event, the government announced a strategy to expand SAF for carbon reduction in the aviation sector and the development of eco-friendly industries, pledging active support.

At the inaugural commercial flight ceremony for domestically produced Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) held at Incheon International Airport on the 30th of last month, key attendees from left to right?Oh Jong-hoon, President of SK Energy; Anwar A. Al-Hijazi, CEO of S-Oil; An Deok-geun, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy; Park Sang-woo, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport; Woo Ki-hong, CEO and President of Korean Air; and Lee Hak-jae, President of Incheon International Airport Corporation?are taking a commemorative photo.
[Photo by S-Oil]

Anwar Al Hizazi, CEO of S-Oil, said, "S-Oil is transforming into a clean energy supplier in line with the decarbonization era," adding, "As the first company in Korea to supply SAF to international route passenger flights, we will prioritize stable product supply and do our best to contribute to the expansion of the SAF ecosystem."

He continued, "S-Oil is actively considering the construction of dedicated SAF production facilities to expand stable supply in preparation for increasing demand both domestically and overseas."

In January this year, S-Oil became the first in Korea to pilot process bio raw materials such as waste cooking oil and palm residual oil in refining facilities, and in April, it obtained international certification for sustainable aviation fuel (ISCC CORSIA), officially starting the production of carbon-reducing products.