Qantas and Virgin float passing SAF costs onto passengers
In Australia, Australian aviation reported that Qantas and Virgin have both said that they will look to increase airfares in an effort to offset the increased fuel costs of utilizing sustainable aviation fuels and biofuels.
As part of an ongoing government consultation process regarding the use of low-carbon liquid fuels, including SAF, both major airline groups have proposed the introduction of a green fuel levy that gets added to passenger airfares to recoup the increased costs, according to the report.
While consultation is ongoing, the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water agreed that it is possible that a sustainable aviation fuel levy could be introduced to passenger airfares to help airlines recover the cost of utilizing greener fuels, the report added.
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