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‘The UK is looking for


airport operations to be net zero by 2040,’ says Oxera


Consulting’s Rob Catherall (inset)


UK aviation ‘must stem demand’ to decarbonise


Britain’s policies ‘less ambitious’ than EU’s, experts suggest. Ian Taylor reports Both the EU and UK have


The EU has “a more ambitious” strategy to decarbonise aviation than the UK, but both “need to look at measures that affect demand” to speed up progress. That is among the conclusions


of a study by Oxera Consulting, an economics consultancy which regularly produces reports on behalf of aviation. Speaking at a Westminster


Energy, Environment and Policy Conference in London on ‘Next steps for aviation decarbonisation in the


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UK’, Oxera principal Rob Catherall noted “the EU has a more ambitious longer-term target” on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) than the UK. The EU requires fuel suppliers


“to move to a 34% SAF blend by 2040 and 70% by 2050, compared with 22% in the UK by 2040”. In addition, Catherall said: “EU


airports must, by 2025, supply electricity to stationary aircraft at gates and, by 2030, at all remote stands. In contrast, the UK is looking for airport operations to be net zero by 2040.”


emissions trading schemes (ETSs) in place for intra-European flights with plans to phase out free carbon allowances for carriers, but he said: “Unlike in the UK, there is also an EU proposal [to] broaden taxes to include kerosene, with a gradual increase in the tax rate.” An Oxera analysis of the impact of these measures on fares, demand for


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