The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) will introduce a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) levy for all private, business, and commercial aircraft departing the country starting Jan. 1, 2027. “This isn’t a fuel mandate in the traditional sense,” according to international business flight services organization OpsGroup. “Operators are not required to physically uplift SAF. Instead, the government will buy SAF centrally and recover the cost through the levy applied to every flight.”&nbsp;The fee&nbsp;varies based on the distance traveled into four geographical bands. For flights with multiple stops, the cost is based on the immediate next destination after departing Singapore. The airlines will add the levy to passenger ticket prices. But, in addition to distance, the fee for GA flights will also be based on the aircraft size as measured by wingspan. Under this formula, levies would range from as little as S$40 for a small turbine airplane flying a relatively short distance to S$6,500 for an ultra-large business jet on a long flight.

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