In Australia, the Australian reported that developing a sustainable aviation fuel industry in Australia would be in the “national interest” and could create more than 13,000 jobs, according to Qantas CEO Vanessa Hudson.
Hudson said that that Qantas believed Australia was well placed to develop its own local sustainable aviation fuel resource. But ongoing government support would be crucial to make the fuel commercially viable, she added.
“We think there is a great opportunity to work with the Australian government to find more of those opportunities and really set a course to create a new industry of sustainable aviation fuel in Australia,” the CEO said, citing a fledgling north Queensland operation turning sugar cane by-product into ethanol as the basis for aviation fuel.
“We are a country that should be able to lead technically in this space because we’ve got significant agriculture and feedstock for such an industry, which could create economic growth and 13,000 more jobs,” she added.
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