EU to decarbonise aviation sector through green fuel targets

So far, SAF have been produced in tiny quantities and are far more expensive than kerosene.
According to European Commissions draft regulation, fuel suppliers must ensure that 2% of fuel made available at EU airports is SAF in 2025, rising to 6% in 2030, 20% in 2035 and gradually to 70% in 2050. Furthermore, from 2030, 1.2% of fuels must be synthetic fuels – made from (green) electricity, captured CO2 and water – rising to 35% in 2050. EU countries and the EU Parliament must each approve the deal before it can pass into law. That process is usually a formality that sees pre-agreed deals go through with no changes.

Some European airlines, like Air France-KLM, said they had already made more ambitious targets for SAF use than set out in the EU rules. Others warned the deal could distort competition, as the SAF targets would apply to airlines flying from European hubs but not to long-haul carriers flying from elsewhere.
Airlines are set to receive about 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) in funding from the EU carbon market to help them switch to SAF.

Greenpeace EU transport campaigner Thomas Gelin said airlines used sustainable fuels “as a smokescreen to dodge the fact that the only truly sustainable aviation is less aviation”.