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Sustainable Jet Fuel Supply Crunch Endangers Airlines’ Climate Targets
A lack of supply and high costs are making it challenging for airlines to source and use lower-carbon fuels, Cathay Pacific’s head of procurement said.
An aircraft operated by Cathay Cargo, the cargo unit of Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. The airline is concerned a lack of sustainable aviation fuel could make it challenging to meet its 2030 clean fuel goals.
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Airlines could struggle to reach their near-term climate goals, according to Kristof Van Passel, head of procurement operations and development at Cathay Pacific.
That’s because the supply of lower-carbon sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is “coming online slower than anticipated,” said Van Passel during the BloombergNEF summit in San Francisco on Wednesday.