On the 19th of November, Avelia announced its expansion into the air freight sector with Avelia Air Freight Solutions. With proven success in business travel – delivering over 18 million gallons¹ of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and abating more than 165,000 tonnes² of CO₂e, the equivalent of over 290,000 passengers flying from London to New York³ – Avelia’s blockchain-powered platform is now addressing a critical need in air freight. With freight forwarders and their shipping customers seeking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, this secure solution enables the sharing of SAF emission reduction* benefits across the value chain, providing verified emissions reduction while supporting broader aviation decarbonisation. 

Every year, 35% of world’s trade by value is carried by air⁴. Air freight produced an estimated 19% of all aviation emissions in 2018⁵, and by 2023 air cargo flight volume increased by 25% compared to 2019⁶ . For freight forwarders and shippers, managing these emissions involves complex tracking, reporting and coordination challenges across global supply chains. To address these challenges, Avelia now offers freight forwarders the ability to allocate the environmental attributes of SAF across the value chain to the shippers using their services. This allows both parties to use the attributes for their own emissions disclosure purposes⁷ and demonstrate progress towards their sustainability targets. 

Thanks to its customisable platform, Avelia has been adapted to enable freight forwarders to offer SAF programmes to their customers or integrate easily with existing SAF programmes. The platform’s blockchain technology enables safe, transparent, and reliable tracking and allocation of SAF environmental attributes for both freight-forwarders and shippers. 

“The high cost of SAF requires innovative solutions. By enabling the sharing of environmental attributes between physical SAF users and organisations seeking to meet their sustainability targets, Avelia creates a pathway for broader participation in aviation decarbonisation,” said Raman Ojha, President of Shell Aviation. “Avelia is now evolving to meet the air freight sector’s need for solutions to demonstrate verified emissions reduction progress. Through enabling freight forwarders to access and allocate SAF environmental attributes to their shipping customers, both parties can access these attributes for emissions disclosure while supporting broader SAF adoption.” 

Building on its proven track record since its launch in 2022, Avelia has demonstrated significant impact through: 

• External verification and validation following ISO 14064-3 standards 
• SAF delivery across 13 global airport locations⁸  
• Integration with the existing global fuel network. 
• Recognition from over 35 airlines and corporations⁹ participating in the programme. 

By extending its solution to air freight, Avelia creates new opportunities for stakeholders across the aviation value chain to accelerate SAF adoption and advance the sector’s decarbonisation journey.