中国东航扩大SAF应用，“垃圾变燃油”最高减碳85%

China Eastern Airlines expands SAF application, "turning waste into fuel" to reduce carbon emissions by up to 85%

《中国民航报》、中国民航网 记者钱擘 报道：6月23日至29日是第35个全国节能宣传周，主题“节能增效，焕‘新’引领”成为各行业绿色发展实践的聚焦点。近年来，中国东航持续积极参与可持续航空燃料（SAF）应用试点工作；与传统的航空燃料相较，在从采集原料、生产储存到最终使用的整个生命周期中，SAF最多可以减少85%的碳排放，东航以此致力推动民航的“节能减碳、绿色飞行”。

Qian Bo, a reporter from China Civil Aviation News and China Civil Aviation Network, reported: June 23rd to 29th is the 35th National Energy Conservation Publicity Week. The theme of "Energy Conservation and Efficiency Increase, Rejuvenate and Lead" has become the focus of green development practices in various industries. In recent years, China Eastern Airlines has continued to actively participate in the pilot work of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) application; Compared with traditional aviation fuel, SAF can reduce carbon emissions by up to 85% throughout the entire life cycle from raw material collection, production and storage to final use. China Eastern Airlines is committed to promoting "energy-saving, carbon-reducing and green flight" in civil aviation.

持续领跑，创下业内SAF应用诸多“第一”

Continue to lead and set many "firsts" in SAF applications in the industry

SAF是由可再生原料制成的航空替代燃料。它的生产原料可能是废弃的动植物油脂、餐饮废油、能源作物等生物资源，也可能是城市生活垃圾、农林废弃物、工业废气等非生物资源，这些日常生活中的废弃物“摇身一变”，成为了助力飞机翱翔天际的航空燃料。SAF的物理和化学特性跟传统航空燃料几乎相同，它可以按照一定的比例，安全地和传统燃料混合，一起加注到飞机的油箱中。因此，SAF可以快速应用于航空业，是行业首推的绿色替代能源。

SAF is an aviation alternative fuel made from renewable feedstocks. Its raw materials may be biological resources such as waste animal and vegetable oils, catering waste oil, energy crops, etc., or non-biological resources such as municipal solid waste, agricultural and forestry waste, and industrial waste gas. These wastes in daily life have "transformed" and become aviation fuel that helps aircraft soar into the sky. The physical and chemical properties of SAF are almost the same as those of traditional aviation fuel. It can be safely mixed with traditional fuel in a certain proportion and filled into the fuel tank of the aircraft. Therefore, SAF can be quickly applied to the aviation industry and is the industry's first green alternative energy source.

近年来，东航一直密切关注全球SAF动态，积极跟进全球范围内相关政策法规，力争做SAF应用的先行者与实践者。

In recent years, China Eastern Airlines has been paying close attention to global SAF trends, actively following up relevant policies and regulations around the world, and striving to be a pioneer and practitioner of SAF applications.

早在2013年4月24日，东航就在A320客机上率先首度加注中国自主知识产权的生物航空燃油，并在上海虹桥国际机场完成本场试飞，为后续SAF的广泛应用奠定了基础。

As early as April 24, 2013, China Eastern Airlines took the lead in refueling bio-aviation fuel with China's independent intellectual property rights on the A320 passenger plane for the first time, and completed this test flight at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, laying the foundation for the subsequent widespread application of SAF.

2022年10月12日，东航携手空客公司，在天津交付的全新A320neo飞机上加注SAF混合燃油进行首飞。此次使用的SAF也是中国首套可持续航空燃料工业装置实现规模化生产后的首批国产SAF燃料，这一举措此后得以持续实施。

On October 12, 2022, China Eastern Airlines joined hands with Airbus to fill SAF blended fuel on the new A320neo aircraft delivered in Tianjin for its first flight. The SAF used this time is also the first batch of domestically produced SAF fuel after China's first sustainable aviation fuel industrial device achieved large-scale production. This initiative has been continuously implemented since then.

2023年5月27日，东航在上海虹桥飞往西安咸阳的MU2225航班上，加注了掺混15%SAF的混合燃油，实现了SAF在国内首次应用于商业航班飞行。

On May 27, 2023, China Eastern Airlines filled flight MU2225 from Shanghai Hongqiao to Xi'an Xianyang with a blended fuel blended with 15% SAF, realizing the first domestic application of SAF in commercial flights.

2024年9月19日，中国民航正式启动国产SAF应用试点工作，东航深度参与其中,于当天成功完成国产大飞机C919首次加注可持续航空燃料（SAF）商业飞行。在此后的第一阶段试点工作中，东航每日常态化执行4个SAF应用试点商业航班，全力配合航班运行监控、绿色产品设计推广以及飞发数据统计等关键任务。2025年3月19日起，东航投身第二阶段试点应用，进一步扩大了SAF燃油的使用规模。

On September 19, 2024, China Civil Aviation officially launched the pilot project for the application of domestically produced SAF. China Eastern Airlines was deeply involved in it and successfully completed the first commercial flight of the domestically produced large aircraft C919 refueling with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on the same day. In the first phase of the subsequent pilot work, China Eastern Airlines regularly carried out four SAF application pilot commercial flights every day, fully cooperating with key tasks such as flight operation monitoring, green product design and promotion, and flight data statistics. Starting from March 19, 2025, China Eastern Airlines will participate in the second phase of pilot applications, further expanding the scale of SAF fuel use.

东航航班加注SAF

China Eastern Airlines flight bunkering with SAF

与此同时，自2025年1月1日起，东航在欧盟境内起飞的航班均加注了2%的SAF掺混燃油，在国际航线上践行绿色飞行。

At the same time, starting from January 1, 2025, all flights of China Eastern Airlines departing from the EU will be filled with 2% SAF blended fuel, practicing green flights on international routes.

“绿色”在全产业链开花，2024飞行环节减碳超68万吨

"Green" blossoms throughout the entire industry chain, reducing more than 680,000 tons of carbon emissions in the 2024 flight link

东航在节能减排方面的努力，不仅仅局限于SAF的应用，而是从空中到地面的全面布局、全面开花。

China Eastern Airlines' efforts in energy conservation and emission reduction are not limited to the application of SAF, but are comprehensive layout and flowering from the air to the ground.

在飞行环节，东航通过精细化运行管理，从源头降低碳排放。2024年，东航通过优化航线设计、推广单发滑行、应用辅助动力装置（APU）替代技术及航行新技术等措施，累计节油21.6万吨，减少二氧化碳排放68.04万吨。

During the flight process, China Eastern Airlines reduces carbon emissions from the source through refined operation management. In 2024, China Eastern Airlines will save a total of 216,000 tons of fuel and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 680,400 tons through measures such as optimizing route design, promoting single-engine taxiing, and applying auxiliary power unit (APU) alternative technology and new navigation technology.

2025年，东航在指定航线上推出“线上选餐”服务和“轻飞享”产品，旅客可在起飞前根据个人口味，提前选择飞行旅途中的心仪餐食，同时也能实现机上餐食“按需备餐”，大幅降低餐食浪费，为绿色飞行助力减碳。东航还将塑料污染治理融入机上服务领域，将机上供应品替换为可降解材质，其中环保餐盒采用麦秸、稻秸、甘蔗渣作为主要原料的新型材质制作，每吨环保餐盒制品可减排15.64吨二氧化碳，预估到2035年可为东航累计减排二氧化碳约100万吨。

In 2025, China Eastern Airlines will launch the "online meal selection" service and the "light flight enjoyment" product on designated routes. Passengers can choose their favorite meals during the flight in advance according to their personal tastes before takeoff, and at the same time, they can also realize on-board meals. Prepare meals on demand "significantly reduce meal waste and help reduce carbon emissions for green flights. China Eastern Airlines has also integrated plastic pollution control into the field of in-flight services, replacing in-flight supplies with degradable materials. Among them, environmentally friendly lunch boxes are made of new materials with wheat straw, rice straw, and bagasse as the main raw materials. Each ton of environmentally friendly lunch box products can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 15.64 tons, and it is estimated that by 2035, China Eastern Airlines will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 1 million tons.

使用可降解材质制作的东航机上供应品

Eastern Airlines in-flight supplies made of degradable materials

万米高空之外，东航聚焦智能绿色环保技术研发，致力打造“绿色机坪”。东航不仅积极引进民航新能源车辆、设备，还高效推进新能源车辆研发，共完成11个大类26个型号场内新能源特种车辆的研发及纯国产化生产，服务于各大机场。

Beyond an altitude of 10,000 meters, China Eastern Airlines focuses on the research and development of intelligent green environmental protection technologies and is committed to building a "green apron". China Eastern Airlines not only actively introduces new energy vehicles and equipment for civil aviation, but also efficiently promotes the research and development of new energy vehicles. It has completed the research and development and pure domestic production of 26 models of on-site new energy special vehicles in 11 categories, serving major airports.

东航新能源旅客登机车车队（本文图片均由东航提供）

China Eastern Airlines new energy passenger boarding vehicle fleet (pictures in this article are all provided by China Eastern Airlines)

在建造绿色低碳建筑方面，东航在近零能耗建筑、近零碳建筑、光伏建筑一体化等民航绿色建筑领域树立典型，构建航空主业建设与航空地面服务的全面可持续能源转型。目前，东航正在建设国家首批、东航首个零碳建筑示范项目，通过采用自主研发的光储直柔微网控制系统、低压直流照明系统、模块化隔音墙等技术，实现建筑的绿色、健康、可持续。

In terms of building green and low-carbon buildings, China Eastern Airlines has set an example in the fields of civil aviation green buildings such as near-zero energy buildings, near-zero carbon buildings, and photovoltaic building integration, and built a comprehensive sustainable energy transformation of aviation main business construction and aviation ground services. Currently, China Eastern Airlines is building the country's first batch of zero-carbon building demonstration projects and China Eastern Airlines' first. By adopting independently developed optical storage direct-flexible microgrid control systems, low-voltage DC lighting systems, modular sound insulation walls and other technologies, the building is green, healthy and sustainable.

聚焦“双碳”目标，东航全链条的节能减排实践，不仅为自身可持续发展筑牢根基，也为行业绿色转型贡献了“东航方案”。（编辑：许浩存 校对：李佳洹 审核：程凌）

Focusing on the "dual carbon" goal, China Eastern Airlines' energy conservation and emission reduction practices throughout the entire chain not only lay a solid foundation for its own sustainable development, but also contribute the "China Eastern Airlines Plan" to the green transformation of the industry. (Editor: Xu Haocun Proofreader: Li Jiahuan Reviewer: Cheng Ling)