Delta Air Lines is aiming to reduce its carbon footprint, but a reworked agreement with biofuel maker Gevo pushes back by at least three years the start date for deliveries of sustainable aviation fuel.
Atlanta-based Delta struck a deal in 2019 to buy 10 million gallons of biofuels a year from Gevo, at the time saying it would be produced at a facility in Luverne, Minn. and be ready for use by Delta between 2022 and 2023.
That deal has been replaced with a new Delta-Gevo agreement that would push the date for the start of deliveries to mid-2026. Delta expects to get about 75 million gallons annually from Gevo in the new pact, up from 10 million gallons under the earlier agreement.
