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Aviation and maritime minister Robert Courts (pictured) says: ‘We support building a world-leading SAF industry’


Air bosses call for more funding to cut emissions


Sector seeks further government cash for clean fuel development. By Ian Taylor


The need to decarbonise will “cut through everything” amid the recovery from Covid, say aviation industry leaders. Meeting in London on Monday


at the Airlines 2021 conference, the sector’s leaders spent little time debating pandemic recovery and focused on sustainability. Iata UK country manager Simon


McNamara pointed out Iata members “committed to net zero by 2050” at the association’s annual general meeting in


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October, noting: “The previous target was a 50% reduction by 2050. That is a major leap forward.” UK Board of Airline Representatives


chief executive Dale Keller said: “Sustainability is going to cut through everything. We need the government to be more open. The engagement came too late in the pandemic. This is going to take the best brains we have and people tend to come and go in government, but in aviation they stay. I would like the government to better


harness the expertise in the sector.” Keller argued: “We have a massive


communications job ahead. Aviation is still presented as being much higher up the pollution scale than it is. Some airlines seem to think ‘Do we really want to talk about this?’. Carbon offsetting still has very negative connotations.” Airlines UK chief executive


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