EASA’s 2026 ReFuelEU Aviation Annual Technical Report shows EU SAF supply reached 1.1 million tonnes in 2025, 2.8% of total fuel supply against a 2% mandate, with EASA Executive Director Florian Guillermet saying the target was “not only met but exceeded.”
EASA’s 2026 ReFuelEU Aviation Annual Technical Report shows that EU airports received 1.1 million tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel in 2025, 2.8% of total fuel supply against a 2% mandate. The report, published on 17 September 2026 and based on data from the previous year, is the annual compliance check required under Regulation (EU) 2023/2405, covering every fuel supplier obligated to blend SAF at Union airports.
Total aviation fuel supplied at EU airports in 2025 came to 39.3 million tonnes, of which the 1.1 million tonnes of SAF works out to 2.8%, comfortably above the 2% floor that became binding this year. That volume is close to six times the 193,000 tonnes supplied in 2024, before the mandate took effect. EASA calculates the switch cut greenhouse gas emissions at Union airports by 3.77 million tonnes over the year.
Distribution widened sharply too. SAF reached 121 Union airports across all 27 member states in 2025, EASA’s 79% coverage figure, up from just 33 airports in 2024. For airports still without a blended supply, that gap is now the exception rather than the norm, and one likely to draw attention from airlines managing their own carbon reporting.
Where the fuel came from
Supply was heavily concentrated. Five member states, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Italy and France, accounted for 0.8 million tonnes of the EU total, or 74%. The Netherlands alone took the largest single share.
| Country or group | SAF supplied, 2025 | Share of EU total |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 0.32 million tonnes | 29% |
| Spain, Germany, Italy, France (combined) | 0.48 million tonnes | 45% |
| Remaining 22 member states | 0.30 million tonnes | 26% |
Source: EASA, 2026 ReFuelEU Aviation Annual Technical Report, 17 September 2026. Figures rounded by EASA.
Used cooking oil remained the dominant feedstock at 80% of volume, and 86% of the SAF supplied was produced within the EU, though 85% of the underlying feedstock was sourced from outside the bloc, a supply-chain dependency worth flagging for any airport or fuel handler relying on continuity of imports. EASA also reports the first EU-based demonstration plant for synthetic aviation fuel now operating, with around 50 further projects awaiting final investment decisions, and says production capacity remains on track for the 6% blending target due in 2030.
What it means for airports
Clearing the 2025 floor by 0.8 percentage points buys little room: the mandate steps up to 6% by 2030 and continues rising after that, and the concentration of supply in five states means airports elsewhere are competing for a smaller pool of blended fuel. That is the same capacity-planning problem airports are already wrestling with on the ground side, where operators such as TLD’s electric ground support fleet and hydrogen trials like NLR’s liquid hydrogen work at Rotterdam The Hague are being scaled ahead of firm mandates rather than after them.
Sustainability reporting is also becoming a distinct commercial function in its own right, as seen in Hong Kong Airport’s own 2025/26 sustainability report, and it will feature heavily when operators and suppliers gather for IATA’s fourth World Sustainability Symposium in Brussels this October. Fuel suppliers and airport commercial teams negotiating SAF contracts now have EASA’s dashboard to benchmark against, rather than relying on supplier self-reporting alone.
The practical task for airports and fuel handlers is to audit existing supply contracts against the 2030 target now, not closer to the deadline, and to press suppliers on feedstock sourcing given how exposed the current mix is to imported used cooking oil.
