Qatar pioneers study to find alternative fuel: Al Baker – The Peninsula

Qatar pioneers study to find alternative fuel: Al Baker – The Peninsula

Doha: Qatar's flag carrier, Qatar Airways, reiterated its sustainability commitment in reducing carbon emission in fighting climate change, and that there is a big movement to find alternative fuel, “they have to do it, sooner or later, and this is why we have a time frame,” said Group Chief Executive, H E Akbar Al Baker.

International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) made a monumental decision to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. A huge chunk of the carbon abatement comes through sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) which accounts to 65 percent; followed by 19 percent through offsets, carbon capture; 13 percent from hydrogen and electric propulsion, and 3 percent from more efficient operations. SAF is between two and four times the price of conventional jet fuels.

Willie Walsh, Director General of IATA, the world’s biggest airlines association said the aviation industry is “demanding more product.” “Bottom line is if they are not going to do it, others will,” he said this during IATA’s AGM and World Air Transport Summit which concluded yesterday in Doha.

“This is a business opportunity. You no longer need to have oil in the ground to produce fuel. There are many feed stocks available to produce sustainable