In the United Arab Emirates, The National reported that Gulf countries must quickly begin to produce their own sustainable aviation fuel to gain a share of western-dominated market while supporting a push for greener flights by their national airlines, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) official has said. “If Emirates airline alone purchased all the SAF available worldwide, it would not cover its operations because there isn’t enough quantity,” said Maryam Al Balooshi, the UAE’s lead negotiator for aviation climate change and director of the environment department at the General Civil Aviation Authority. “You have one of the biggest airlines in the world flying everywhere, so you don’t want to be limited by SAF production in one region or one state. By 2030, [the] US and Europe will be the biggest SAF producers and we don’t have local supplies,” the official said. “We need to accelerate production in this region. We don’t wait for them to control the market. Controlling the market and limited SAF availability means that the price will stay high,” she added.
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