Project BurnFAIR
The BurnFAIR Project was initially founded by the German Government - Ministry of Economics and Technology as part of the German 'LuFo-Prgramm' (aviation research program).
How BurnFAIR started
“There is magic in every beginning" (H. Hesse, German writer). It was in 2010 - in the midst of the global financial crisis - that the Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Wolfgang Mayrhuber (†), decided to set up a biofuel project for the Lufthansa Group and to provide it with 6 million euros to investigate the opportunities and possibilities of the then unknown sustainable aviation fuels. The project was named BurnFAIR (Future Aircraft Research). Headed by Dr. Buse, an interdisciplinary Lufthansa team was formed, consisting of engineers, business and political economists, pilots and environmental experts. This team became a think tank of experts who are still enthusiastic about SAF today. The second generation of SAF experts is already working on the commercialization of SAF in civil aviation.
From BurnFAIR to aireg e.V.
We are more successful together. It quickly became clear that an issue as complex as SAF requires a broad knowledge base. In addition to collaborating with the Institute for Environmental Technology and Energy Economics at the Technical University of Hamburg, the new Lufthansa biofuels team, together with Airbus and Munich Airport, initiated the founding of a joint initiative for SAF in Berlin to bring together scientists, fuel producers, engine manufacturers, aircraft manufacturers, airlines and politicians. This was the birth of 'aireg e.V.' (aviation initiative for renewable energy in Germany) which today unites more than 50 companies and research institutions in the field of SAF and which, particularly in the years 2011 to 2016, has driven forward the fundamental SAF research that continues to this day. With the founding of Adeptus Green Management GmbH in January 2017, Dr Buse and his consultancy took over further project work in market analysis & development for SAF and expanded the activities to include airport fuel depots, hydrant systems and aircraft refueling as related fields of activity.