Avia Solutions Group partners with DHL Express to accelerate SAF use

Avia Solutions Group, the world's largest ACMI (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance, and Insurance) provider, has partnered with DHL Express to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its international shipments. The partnership leverages DHL's innovative GoGreen Plus service to reduce the group’s Scope 3 emissions by using Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).

Through the GoGreen Plus Basic Model, Avia Solutions Group has already reduced GHG emissions by 12.61% associated with DHL shipments, which translates to 30.6 tonnes of emissions between January and April 2025.

Demonstrating a group-wide commitment to more sustainable operations, the partnership involves a number of Avia Solutions Group subsidiaries across different sub-sectors.

"As a global aviation leader operating across six continents, we recognize our responsibility to contribute to more sustainable industry practices," said Jonas Janukenas, Chief Executive Officer of Avia Solutions Group. "By utilizing SAF for our large-scale logistics needs, we can prove the viability of this approach and nudge other aviation companies to take bold steps in order to minimise their environmental impact."

"We are proud to support Avia Solutions Group in their commitment to reducing GHG emissions across their extensive network," said Mindaugas Pivoriunas, Managing Director at DHL Express Lithuania. "The aviation industry's path to net-zero requires collaborative efforts, and the wide adoption of GoGreen Plus shows the willingness of world-leading aviation players to fully embrace more sustainable practices."

DHL's GoGreen Plus service enables customers to reduce GHG emissions caused by their shipments through the use of SAF, which is produced from alternative feedstock with an improved sustainability profile such as used cooking oil or waste. In its lifecycle, SAF can reduce emissions by around 80 % on average compared to conventional jet fuel. DHL GoGreen Plus (insetting) reduces GHG emissions within the logistics sector and can therefore be used by DHL customers for voluntary emissions reporting based on the “book and claim approach”. The service is part of DHL Group's commitment to achieving net-zero GHG emissions by 2050.

GoGreen Plus is made possible through DHL Express's strategic partnerships with leading SAF producers, including agreements with bp and Neste to supply over 800 million liters of SAF to the DHL Express network. These collaborations are expected to save approximately two million tons of carbon dioxide emissions over the aviation fuel lifecycle.