Qantas Group calls on federal government for domestic SAF support

The Qantas Group has responded to the Federal Government’s Aviation Green Paper, part of a process to help shape a 30-year strategy for the Australian aviation industry, noting that ‘deliberate policy systems are required to create a SAF industry’. Noting that other nations in the US and Europe have ‘introduced a mix of mandates for airlines and subsidies for producers in recent years,’ the Qantas Group recommends that the Federal Government sets it own mandates for domestic jet fuel supply, including 5% by 2030 rising to 28% by 2040. In addition, capital support to kickstart new production facilities, production incentives