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Policymakers should act rapidly ‘to address airport growth, frequent flying and under-taxation of the sector’, according to a report by Transport & Environment


Flight growth and carbon goals are ‘irreconcilable’


Pressure group says aviation will burn 59% more fuel by 2050. Ian Taylor reports T&E calculates that despite


Aviation’s growth plans are “irreconcilable” with Europe’s climate goals, according to a report published this week by environmental group Transport & Environment (T&E). The report argues Europe’s


aviation industry could deplete its projected carbon ‘budget’ for 2050 as soon as next year, with aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing forecasting air passenger traffic will double by 2050 on 2019. It warns current industry growth projections “will counteract most


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efforts” to reduce aviation emissions and suggests: “Sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) are only a viable solution without exponentially growing levels of traffic.” Brussels-based T&E called on


policymakers to act rapidly “to address airport growth, frequent flying and under-taxation of the sector”. Its analysis suggests aircraft will


burn 59% more fuel in 2050 than in 2019 despite sharply improved efficiency and will still be burning the kerosene refined from 1.9 billion barrels of crude oil a year.


increasing use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) in line with an EU requirement for SAF to comprise 42% of aviation fuel by 2050, airlines would still be using as much fossil kerosene as in 2023 if flights increase in line with industry projections. It suggests that by 2050, European


aviation could be burning more than 24 million tonnes of bio- kerosene (SAF) a year, but 80%


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