In Mexico, Mexico Business News reported that Latin America faces a major challenge in its aviation decarbonization pathway, as the region produces no SAF and has no active development projects, according to new data from the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA).
The lack of regional SAF production could raise operating costs by $318 billion, with airlines warning that the financial burden threatens connectivity, competitiveness, and long-term compliance with global emissions targets, according to the report.
The study finds that Mexico—Latin America’s second-largest aviation fuel consumer and home to one of the world’s youngest fleets—has limited prospects for SAF production. By 2050, when the aviation sector must reach net-zero emissions, Mexico is expected to produce only 3% of the region’s SAF. “SAF is an alternative, but not the only one, and even if we operated entirely with SAF, it is not perfect from an emissions standpoint,” said Roberto Alvo, ALTA chair and CEO, LATAM Airlines. He emphasized that SAF requires long-term, complex investment and should not be treated as the sector’s sole decarbonization tool.
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