Its role Investor / Financier
Trailfinders Ltd (Trailfinders) is a UK-based independent travel company and tour operator that arranges tailor-made holidays, flights, and related travel services for leisure and corporate customers across global destinations. It operates through travel centres and digital channels, acting as an intermediary between travellers and airlines, hotels, rail operators, and tour providers.
Although not part of the chemical or fuels industries, Trailfinders is an indirect stakeholder in aviation and tourism value chains. Changes in aviation fuel supply, including the availability and use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), carbon policies, and airline sustainability strategies, can influence the travel options and information it provides to clients via its carrier and tour partners.
chemXplore tracks 1 project involving Trailfinders, of which one is active.
Flexible plant design merges eSAF and advanced bioSAF on one brownfield site, raising Starling output from 25,000 to ~42,000 tpa and cutting per-tonne costs.
Drop-in on 15 Oct to view early plans for a 40-acre SAF plant at Siddick producing ~42,000 t/yr and creating 500 construction and 150+ permanent jobs.
Project moves into formal pre‑planning; planned output raised to ~31,000 tpa SAF, 100–150 skilled jobs expected, building on prior £6m government backing.
FEL3A completed for UK eSAF project: integrated design and 3D model, Class 3 cost estimate. Targets 25,000 tpa by 2031 with ~95% lifecycle GHG reduction; DAC integrated.
Project Starling will convert CO2 and water into sustainable aviation fuel, aiming for 25,000 tons annually by 2031, using advanced technologies for significant emissions savings.
The partnership aims to scale sustainable aviation fuel, leveraging biogenic CO₂ and infrastructure to meet UK SAF mandates and support long-term decarbonization.
Project Starling in the UK will use SOEC technology to produce 25,000 tons of e-SAF annually, aiming for an 89% emissions reduction. Construction starts in 2028, operations by 2031.
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