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NEWS DIGITAL

ONE MILLION
SUSTAINABLE

FUEL MILES

Gulfstream Aerospace
Savannah, Georgia-
based fleet in the US
has flown more than
one million nautical
miles/1.85 million
kilometers on sustainable
aviation fuel (SAF)

NEWS
OPPORTUNITY FOR AVIATION IN

EUROPE’S GREEN DEAL

"Electrification of road vehicles is tried, tested, scalable and on
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) asked the market today. Aviation should be a policy priority because it
the European Union to support aviation's energy transition to does not have a near-term electrification option," said de Juniac.
sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) as part of the bloc's Green Deal, Traditional energy suppliers must also prioritize investment in
launched recently. SAF.
"Aviation has high hopes for the European Commission's Green "The major oil companies have the expertise, the distribution
Deal. We want to be part of Europe's building of a new energy networks and - importantly - the financial power to make a real
economy and we will do everything we can to make sustainable difference. I call on them to make this an absolute priority, helping
aviation fuels a priority for aviation in Europe and around the to underpin global connectivity for future generations by making
world," said Alexandre de Juniac, IATA director general and CEO, at sustainable aviation fuels a commercial reality," said de Juniac.
the Sustainable Innovation Forum running alongside the UN COP25 SAF are a critical component of aviation's long-term efforts to cut
Climate Talks in Madrid, Spain. its emissions to half 2005 levels by 2050.
Policy measures must be carefully considered. The industry's strategy to achieve this also includes significant
"Taxes are a politician's way out. They are easy to put in place investment in new technology aircraft, research into electric and
and make it look like action is being taken. It requires more hybrid propulsion, programmess to improve operational efficiency,
time and more effort to put in place a and the world's first global sectoral climate mechanism -CORSIA. Q
package of measures that can actually
reduce emissions in the long-term. But
if designed correctly, they will advance
sustainability much more than a blunt
tax ever could," said de Juniac.
Since SAF were first certified as ready
for use in commercial operations in
2009, over 215,000 flights have taken off
using some blend of this low carbon fuel.
The industry believes that achieving
2% of global jet fuel from non-fossil
sources by 2025 could create a tipping
point for production and cost of SAF.
The 14 production facilities currently
operating, under construction or in the
final stages of financing and planning
take the industry a long way towards the
2% goal. But more progress is needed.
The role of governments in energy
transition has been mapped in the
successful development of solar and
wind solutions for power generation.
Aviation should be the priority for
sustainable liquid fuels.

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