Airlines warn UK net zero targets are ‘slipping out of reach’ amid lack of sustainable fuel

Britain’s aviation industry is sounding the alarm over the Government’s net zero targets, warning that without urgent action the country risks falling behind its climate pledges.

Two of the UK’s largest carriers, Virgin Atlantic and International Airlines Group (IAG) – the parent company of British Airways – have raised concerns that the Government’s 10% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) mandate for 2030 is becoming increasingly unrealistic.

At a global SAF summit in London, airline executives warned of a widening “credibility gap” between the aviation sector’s ambitious climate goals and the actual pace of fuel production. Despite the UK government mandating that one in ten litres of jet fuel must come from sustainable sources by the end of the decade, not a single SAF production plant has yet been built on British soil.

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