In the UK, Global Flight reported that according to IATA regional vice-president for the Americas, Peter Cerda, Latin American governments must do more to build sustainable aviation fuel capabilities in their countries or risk the region being “left behind” in tackling the airline industry’s sustainability challenge.
Speaking as the IATA AGM opened in Istanbul on 4 June, Cerda highlighted the Latin America region as lacking projects to begin SAF production.
“We will have aircraft that arrive from other regions utilizing SAF but unfortunately they will fly out of Latin America utilizing conventional fuel,” he said.
“What we need is for governments to first understand the importance of implementing the right regulatory regime that will incentivize the private sector to invest in SAF. We are now a very long way from achieving that goal,” he said.
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