SAF is a game-changer for industry emissions, but ramp-up is taking time | Airlines

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Summary:

  • Google search analytics for the topic of ‘Sustainable Aviation Fuel’ show that interest in the subject turned up sharply around mid-2020, and has only grown since.
  • CAPA-Envest Sustainability Benchmarking & Rating Report shows that SAF accounted for a bare fraction of a percentage of airline fuel use.
  • SAF implementation in the industry is also highly uneven, both in terms of which airlines are committing to alternative fuels and where they are operating.
  • A handful of airlines are leading SAF adoption – with full service/network airlines taking a leading role.
  • SAF is a game-changer for the industry emissions, but ramp-up is taking time, and realities leave the industry open to criticism.

SAF uptake remains low; adoption is being pursued by a small minority of airlines

The latest edition of the CAPA – Centre for Aviation-Envest Sustainability Benchmarking & Rating Report, released in late Nov-2023, shows that SAF accounted for a bare fraction of a percentage of airline fuel use.

Furthermore, adoption is being pursued by a small minority of airlines.

The CAPA-Envest report demonstrates that SAF implementation in the industry is also highly uneven, both in terms of which airlines are committing to alternative fuels and where they are operating.

A handful of airlines are leading SAF adoption

The 2023 edition of the CAPA-Envest Sustainability Benchmarking & Rating Report examined the use of the usual aviation fuel and SAF use across 114 airline groups and individual airlines, covering their most recent full financial or calendar year – collectively, these…

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