Asia Pacific Lags Behind Europe in Adopting Sustainable Aviation Fuel: ING

The Australian government has expressed its support in the pursuit of SAF, seeking to convert ethanol made from agricultural waste into jet fuel.

A Qantas Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane travels down the runway as a Qantas Boeing 717 plane lands at Sydney International Airport on June 7, 2024. DAVID GRAY/AFP via Getty Images

Asia Pacific is facing a lack of uniform policy in transitioning to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) despite the region accounting for almost 32 percent of global air traffic and more than a third of global jet fuel demand.

ING’s research showed that Asia’s initiatives lag behind those of Europe, where the European Union’s ReFuelEU program mandates 6 percent SAF use by 2030.