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Europe's airlines likely exceeded 2% SAF blending mandate for 2025, sources say

Europe's aviation sector met — and likely exceeded — the EU's 2% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) blending mandate for 2025, a regulatory official and a source told Reuters. Achieving the target strengthens carriers' decarbonisation claims while exposing supply‑chain and cost implications as demand grows.

Discovered 2026-03-29T22:45:46.797066-07:00 | 2026-03-29T22:45:46.797066-07:00

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  • Confirms Europe likely met the 2% SAF blending requirement for 2025, with direct implications for regulatory compliance, corporate emissions reporting and access to green finance; this sits alongside the EU ReFuelEU mandate and earlier warnings about synthetic SAF supply risks (source:d812c129-c7f2-4c12-a6d5-9eaf799dd183) and recent carrier penalties linked to missed jet‑fuel GHG targets (source:648f5131-607a-47a3-b9a5-9e18d892faf3).
  • Highlights near‑term supply and pricing pressure: hitting and sustaining the 2% target depends on new production capacity and feedstock availability — projects like SkyNRG's Netherlands plant and market shifts that have narrowed the SAF premium will be critical (source:f9347fd6-8a07-4761-b469-873347312298) (source:d2540a9a-caec-4c77-b9a4-46c1ae060feb).

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ftnonline.co.uk aircargoweek.com Aviation Week airliners.de Reuters
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