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European Parliament Gives SAF a Legal Boost

Sustainable aviation fuel is on track to be much more widely available.

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By 2050, new laws will require 87 percent of aviation fuel at EU airports to be SAF. [Shutterstock]
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Key Takeaways:

The European Parliament is bolstering support for using more sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at airports throughout much of Europe. 

On July 7, parliament approved draft rules to require mandatory minimum percentages of SAF available at EU airports. Mandates for the percentage of SAF as a share of all available aviation fuels would increase in three steps:

Thom Patterson

Thom is a former senior editor for FLYING. Previously, his freelance reporting appeared in aviation industry magazines. Thom also spent three decades as a TV and digital journalist at CNN’s bureaus in Washington and Atlanta, eventually specializing in aviation. He has reported from air shows in Oshkosh, Farnborough and Paris. Follow Thom on Twitter @thompatterson.

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