GENEVA: The aviation industry is “very reliant” on one way of making sustainable aviation fuel that commonly uses cooking oil and needs to diversify, the director of energy transition at the International Air Transport Association said on Tuesday .
“We can see applications for the use of municipal waste which has been investigated in terms of certification, and also other pathways which use forestry residues, agriculture residues,” he said. “Compared to last year, we've already got an increase of over 200 per cent in terms of production, but what we need is continued growth in that production,” he said.
IATA director-general Willie Walsh, who also spoke to CNA on Tuesday, said that despite competing costs, the focus on sustainability is “top of the agenda” for the industry.