EU SAF supply exceeds 2025 ReFuelEU aviation target
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) published Sept. 17 the 2026 ReFuelEU Aviation Annual Technical Report, showing that the supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the European Union exceeded the first mandatory ReFuelEU aviation target in 2025.
Aviation-fuel suppliers reported supplying 39.3 million metric tons of aviation fuel at EU airports in 2025, of which 1.1 million tons—or 2.8 percent—was SAF.
This exceeded the mandatory minimum SAF share of 2 percent that became applicable in 2025.
“We are pleased to confirm that the SAF mandate under ReFuelEU aviation was not only met but exceeded,” said Florian Guillermet, the EASA’s executive director. “Through our monitoring work, EASA is building a strong evidence base to track this progress, understand how the European SAF market is developing and identify where further action may be needed to support the next stages of the transition.”
SAF supply grows, delivering emissions savings
The 2025 data shows a major increase in the availability of SAF across Europe.
Supply rose from 193,000 tons in 2024 to 1.1 million tons in 2025—nearly six times the previous year’s volume, before the mandate entered into force.
SAF was supplied at 121 EU airports across all 27 EU member states, meaning that 79 percent of EU airports received SAF during the year, showing a significant increase compared to 2024 when 33 EU airports received SAF.
Calculations show that the use of SAF instead of conventional jet fuel helped to reduce greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions at Union airports by 3.77 million tons in 2025.
SAF market continues to develop
The report provides the most comprehensive picture to date of the developing SAF market in the EU.
Key findings include:
EU SAF production capacity is projected to remain on track to meet the overall 6 percent SAF blending target by 2030.
Despite the synthetic aviation fuel (eSAF) market remaining at an early stage of development, the first EU-based demonstration plant was established proving that the technology is being deployed. Around 50 projects are awaiting final-investment decisions (FID) and several EU member states are taking important steps to support its scale-up.
86 percent of the SAF supplied at EU airports was produced domestically within the EU.
Most of the feedstocks originated from outside the EU, accounting for 85 percent of SAF supplied at EU airports. Used cooking oil (UCO) remained the predominant feedstock for SAF, accounting for 80 percent of the total volume, yet more significant amounts of additional feedstocks entered the mix in 2025.
The Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Italy and France accounted for 0.8 million tons or 74 percent of all SAF supplied in the EU. The Netherlands received the largest amount of SAF among the EU member states, with 0.32 million tons or 29 percent of all SAF reported.
Alongside the report, EASA developed a dedicated dashboard that allows users to further explore the data behind the report.
The ReFuelEU aviation regulation establishes that EASA is required to publish an annual technical report, based on data from the previous year.
This report is required to contain information on the status of compliance of the parties obligated under the regulation as well as on the state and development of the SAF market in the EU and its member states.
