Airlines and aviation industry leaders back more ambitious pathway to phase out fossil jet fuel by 2050

Some 30 aviation leaders including United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines are backing a new aviation transition strategy drafted by the Mission Possible Partnership (MPP) that envisions a complete phase out of fossil jet fuel in order for global aviation to get to net-zero emissions by 2050 with minimal reliance on offsetting carbon emissions. Fossil jet fuel could be completely replaced by Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs) and new hydrogen and battery-electric propulsion aircraft by 2050, according to 10 critical insights published today. In pursuit of net-zero, in September 2021, 60 organizations brought together by the MPP-supported