(20 June 2022, 10:33 +07)
Qantas and Airbus have signed an agreement to
invest up to US$200 million in accelerating the establishment of a
sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry in Australia.
The Australian Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Partnership was signed on Sunday, ahead of the IATA AGM in Doha, by Qantas
Group CEO Alan Joyce and Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury.
Due to the lack of a local commercial-scale SAF
industry, Australia is currently exporting millions of tonnes of
feedstock every year, such as canola and animal tallow to be made
into SAF in other countries.
The Qantas Group, which has committed to…