IATA expects 2022 SAF production to grow by 200% compared to 2021
In Switzerland, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) estimated that SAF production will reach at least 300 million liters in 2022, representing a 200% increase compare to SAF production last year. IATA also noted that more optimistic calculations estimate total production in 2022 could reach 450 million liters.
“There was at least triple the amount of SAF in the market in 2022 than in 2021. And airlines used every drop, even at very high prices! If more was available, it would have been purchased. That makes it clear that it is a supply issue and that market forces alone are insufficient to solve it. Governments, who now share the same 2050 net zero goal, need to put in place comprehensive production incentives for SAF. It is what they did to successfully transition economies to renewable sources of electricity. And it is what aviation needs to decarbonize,” said Willie Walsh, IATA’s Director General.
To date, over 450,000 commercial flights have been operated using SAF, according to IATA.
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