In Malaysia, The Sun reported that the International Air Transport Association (IATA) is actively seeking support from stakeholders across the entire global value chain to scale up the production of SAF. IATA Southeast Asia area manager Yuli Thompson said the effort to upscale SAF production is aimed at achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, according to the report. “Despite the projected increase in SAF production, its consumption remains relatively low compared to total fuel consumption in the aviation industry. The industry projects SAF production to triple in 2024, reaching 1.9 billion liters, compared to 2023,” she said. However, Yuli noted that this will only account for 0.53% of total aviation fuel consumption. “Hence, we need to upscale production by a thousand times more than we have today and the task is a difficult one. This is where we need stakeholders to come together and for policy intervention to support the scaling up of SAF production,” she said.
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