Airlines’ offtakes and use of SAF Data from ICAO’s online tracker of SAF offtake agreements shows a reduction in the number of SAF offtakes between airlines and fuel suppliers in 2025, accelerating the trend reported in the Global Aviation Sustainability Outlook 2025 (see Figure 9). Some stakeholders view this as a recognition of weakening SAF demand, highlighting the need for mandates to cement demand. Nevertheless, ICAO’s data should be interpreted cautiously: the tracker does not differentiate between volumes of SAF contracted for compliance with policy and those purchased on a voluntary basis, and offtake agreements are usually multi-year and would not therefore require re-signing on an annual basis. In addition, the date of fuel delivery may not coincide with the date of the contract, as some airlines have contracted-out fuel volumes ahead of mandates starting in 2025, and not all partnerships may have been announced publicly.4.4 SAF partnerships, offtakes and voluntary demand Announced SAF offtake, between airlines and fuel suppliers, 2019-2025 (million litres) FIGURE 9 Note: This data shows SAF offtake agreements between airlines and fuel suppliers, but not between corporates and suppliers. Source: ICAO tracker.9754169,21721,715 11,755 1,906 853 05,00010,00015,00020,00025,000 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025Million litres/year Asia-Pacific shows growing uptake of SAF Asia-Pacific stands out as a region in which demand has been evolving positively, signalling a change from last year when the Global Aviation Sustainability Outlook identified Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Latin America as laggards in the uptake of SAF offtakes. Feedback gathered for this 2026 edition highlights growing SAF offtakes and usage in the region, which has seen new partnerships emerge. For example: –More regular SAF usage has been seen in Korea155 and Australia.156 –Japan’s All Nippon Airways has expanded the use of SAF to its domestic flights.157 –Eight Thai carriers have signed an MoU with the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand to promote SAF adoption in the country, collaborating on procurement planning, reporting standards and verification, with a possible voluntary carbon surcharge mechanism for international flights.158 –In Viet Nam, PTT Oil signed an agreement with VietJet for regular SAF use to start in 2026.159 Global Aviation Sustainability Outlook 2026 40