In New Zealand, RNZ reported that Air New Zealand said its failure to persuade the New Zealand government to require airlines flying in the country to replace some of their fossil fuel with sustainable fuel was one reason it ditched its own 2030 climate target. A spokesperson for the airline told a conference that by 2030, nearly every overseas port it flies to will require it to fly home with a proportion of sustainable fuel, adding that there is no government commitment to a similar mandate for airlines landing in New Zealand. The airline had previously dropped its ambitious target of cutting emissions by 29% by 2030. The airline confirmed it had kept a separate target, to use 10% sustainable fuel in its planes by 2030.
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