The five European aviation associations representing Europe’s airlines, airports, civil aeronautics industry and air navigation service providers are calling for EU policymakers to continue the development of a competitive EU sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) market. This comes as a reaction to the inclusion of SAF as a strategic net zero technology under the EU Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA).
The inclusion of SAF in the NZIA follows the release of the EU’s recommendation to update the 2040 climate targets, recognising the need to address barriers to SAF deployment at scale, giving the aviation sector priority access to feedstocks and putting incentives in place to close the price gap between SAF and conventional kerosene.
SAF will play a crucial role in accelerating decarbonisation, with the European aviation industry calling for further policy incentives to scale up the production and uptake of SAF, including: the extension of the SAF flexibility mechanism beyond 2034; the extension of the current 20 million allowances threshold and 2030 time-limit under the SAF allowances mechanisms; and increased financial support for development of SAF.
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