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EU mandates 2% SAF uplift for flights departing bloc airports

The EU will require aircraft departing from its airports to use a minimum 2% blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), marking a binding uplift mandate designed to create guaranteed demand. The rule formalises a policy lever intended to accelerate SAF procurement and reshape airport fuelling and offtake arrangements.

2025-10-31T21:36:00.995975-07:00

AeroTime

Honeywell unveils biomass-to-fuel process to convert wood and crop waste into low‑cost SAF and renewable marine fuel

2025-10-28T08:59:24.409890-07:00

Airbus

Cathay Group and Airbus to jointly invest up to $70M to scale SAF production in Asia and globally

2025-10-21T01:47:51.676294-07:00

Reuters

IATA accuses suppliers of 'price gouging' on EU-mandated green jet fuel, urges policy reform

2025-10-13T04:24:24.099559-07:00

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AINonline

Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production Is Growing — But Still Far Short of Demand Global sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production is increasing as new projects move toward operation, but current output remains significantly below airline demand and regulatory targets, leaving a large supply gap that will restrict SAF uptake, keep prices high and slow industry decarbonization unless scale-up accelerates.

2025-11-01T21:45:09.579063-07:00

Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production Is Growing — But Still Far Short of Demand

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EU mandates 2% SAF uplift for flights departing bloc airports The EU will require aircraft departing from its airports to use a minimum 2% blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), marking a binding uplift mandate designed to create guaranteed demand. The rule formalises a policy lever intended to accelerate SAF procurement and reshape airport fuelling and offtake arrangements.

2025-10-31T21:36:00.995975-07:00

EU mandates 2% SAF uplift for flights departing bloc airports

AINonline

Carbon Tracker says SAF won’t deliver near‑term cuts — urges shift to electric propulsion for short‑haul Thinktank Carbon Tracker warns sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) will play a minimal role in near‑term decarbonisation and won’t deliver meaningful emissions reductions. It urges policymakers and industry to prioritise investment in electric and hybrid‑electric propulsion for short‑haul flights as a faster route to cutting CO2.

2025-10-31T07:46:40.510966-07:00

Carbon Tracker says SAF won’t deliver near‑term cuts — urges shift to electric propulsion for short‑haul

Airways Magazine

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2025-10-30T06:52:15.087521-07:00

FlightGlobal

Singapore to set up state-backed vehicle to centrally procure SAF ahead of 2026 levy Singapore will establish a state‑backed company to centrally procure its first batch of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in 2026, targeting a 1% SAF uplift that year and timed to precede a planned SAF levy for the country’s aviation sector.

2025-10-30T01:17:22.953471-07:00

Singapore to set up state-backed vehicle to centrally procure SAF ahead of 2026 levy

AeroTime

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Honeywell unveils biomass-to-fuel process to convert wood and crop waste into low‑cost SAF and renewable marine fuel

2025-10-28T08:59:24.409890-07:00

Honeywell unveils biomass-to-f

AeroTime

IATA's Willie Walsh says EU SAF mandate boosts supplier markups, not production IATA Director General Willie Walsh said the EU's SAF mandate has failed to boost production and instead enriched suppliers via excessive markups, calling on Brussels to reform procurement rules to stop price gouging and ensure mandates deliver real SAF capacity growth.

2025-10-22T02:28:20.718400-07:00

IATA's Willie Walsh says EU SAF mandate boosts supplier markups, not production

EASA

EASA publishes first ReFuelEU Annual Technical Report — SAF at 0.6%, price and supply risks highlighted EASA's inaugural ReFuelEU Annual Technical Report, mandated by the ReFuelEU Aviation Regulation, finds SAF accounted for just 0.6% of fuel uplifted at EU airports and flags sky‑high prices, heavy dependence on Chinese imports and broad scale‑up and implementation challenges for meeting EU mandates.

2025-10-22T01:23:34.599171-07:00

EASA publishes first ReFuelEU Annual Technical Report — SAF at 0.6%, price and supply risks highlighted

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