IAG’s CEO says UK is behind the US in terms of SAF production

In the UK, The Telegraph reported that Luis Gallego, the CEO of International Airlines Group (IAG), the parent company of British Airways, considers that the UK Government is failing to deliver one of the UK’s flagship green policies. Gallego noted that Britain has fallen behind the U.S. in the production of sustainable aviation fuels because of Government inaction. Writing in the Telegraph, Gallego said “time is running out” for the UK as America establishes a lead by virtue of billions of dollars of subsidies by the U.S. Government. “If there isn’t enough of these alternative fuels to go around, which at the moment there isn’t, UK aviation’s net zero ambition is put at risk,” he said. “Jet Zero” was one of 10 commitments made in November 2020 under Boris Johnson’s $14.6 billion program to deliver a “green industrial revolution”.

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