News / Sustainable aviation fuel – 'everyone wants it, few want to pay for it'

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Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF): “Everyone wants it, few want to pay for it,” says Martin Drew, Etihad Cargo’s SVP of cargo and sales.

Considered by most in the aviation sector as the surest route to net zero by 2050, just 0.03% of the required amount of SAF (450 billion litres a year) that would be needed to fuel the sector, at its present rate of growth, was produced globally last year.

So, for smaller airlines, there was no hope of obtaining any ...