
Days ahead of the opening of the Paris Air Show, the Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) of seven major aerospace manufacturers have published a joint manifesto calling on governments and industry to accelerate the production and supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
In the statement, the CTOs of Airbus, Boeing, Dassault Aviation, GE Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce and Safran come out in support of the 2050 net zero objective. While the text vaguely alludes to work in new propulsion technologies, it places the focus on SAF as the key technology that would make the attainment of this goal possible.
The CTOs make also clear they support policies that are designed to facilitate the growth of the SAF industry, such as those contained in the US Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) or the EU’s ReFuelEU Aviation initiative.
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