"IATA backs call by European airlines to soften green fuel mandate", 27 March 2025

"The head of global airlines body IATA has welcomed a call by Europe's top carriers for a delay to a 2030 target for sustainable aviation fuel use in Europe, saying Brussels policymakers need to face reality.

"We can't just stand back and pretend that these targets are meaningful and can be achieved. They were never going to be capable of being achieved," Willie Walsh, director general of the International Air Transport Association, told Reuters.

Under European Union rules, suppliers must ensure that 2% of fuel available at EU airports is SAF in 2025, rising to 6% in 2030 and gradually to 70% in 2050...

European airline leaders earlier issued their bluntest warning yet that the near-term EU fuel mandates, which IATA has opposed, were beyond reach and urged the new European Commission to focus on the sector's competitiveness."