In the UAE, Aviation Week reported that Sharif Al Olama, undersecretary for energy and petroleum affairs at the ministry of energy and infrastructure, said that the UAE is working toward making the use of sustainable aviation fuel mandatory in the country as a key component of its SAF policy roadmap.
Today, there is a “soft requirement” for carriers to uplift 1% SAF on a voluntary basis by 2031.
“When we launched the [voluntary] policy, we wanted to test the water with our national airlines and test the environment to see the acceptance of utilizing SAF,” Al Olama said.
The government is now moving to the next phase of understanding what the impact of a SAF mandate would be on airlines and how additional costs would be passed on to consumers, according to the report.
“We are very cautious when it comes to getting new policies or new mandatory requirements on board because we are aware that there can be some impact on the operations of our national airlines, so we really need to strike that balance,” Al Olama said.
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