Policy flaws pose risk to SAF production

<p style="color:#333333;font-weight:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:30px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;hyphens:auto;text-align:justify;" data-flag="normal">IATA: Policy flaws pose risks to sustainable aviation fuel production<br>June 3, 2025<br>The International Air Transport Association(IATA) recently released data showing that the production of sustainable aviation fuel(SAF) is expected to reach 2 million tons in 2025, accounting for 0.7% of the aviation industry’s fuel consumption. However, the insufficient production has led to an increase of 4.4 billion US dollars in global aviation fuel costs. There are significant regional imbalances and cost issues in the current market: Europe has absorbed most of the SAF due to the mandatory quota policy, but the compliance fees charged by producers have doubled the procurement costs of airlines. Take the purchase of 1 million tons of SAF in Europe in 2025 as an example. The compliance cost is as high as 1.7 billion US dollars. Aft...