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Sustainable Aviation Group Demands More Government Support

At the Sustainable Skies event in the UK, industry leaders called for more investment and urgent action to meet the net zero carbon goal by 2050.

Jonathon Counsell, head of sustainability with the International Airlines Group. — Jonathon Counsell, head of sustainability with the International Airlines Group, told the Sustainable Skies conference that industry and governments need to accelerate decarbonization work. (Photo: Charles Alcock)

By Charles Alcock • Managing Editor

April 17, 2023

The UK’s Sustainable Aviation coalition renewed its calls on Monday for strong government support to help the industry meet its net zero carbon objective by 2050. The group published the latest edition of its annual ‘carbon roadmaps’ at the Sustainable Skies trade show, during which airline and aerospace industry leaders were set to lobby British government ministers during the eighth meeting of the country’s Jet Zero Council.

“There is a clear and credible plan to take carbon dioxide out of aviation through increasing the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and also with hydrogen [propulsion],” Sustainable Aviation’s chair Matt Gorman told reporters. “It’s also an economic opportunity for the UK, but other countries, like the U.S., are moving ahead of the UK so this opportunity is at risk from a lack of government action."

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