The Qantas Group has responded to the Federal Government’s Aviation Green Paper, part of a process to help shape a 30-year strategy for the Australian aviation industry, noting that ‘deliberate policy systems are required to create a SAF industry’.
Noting that other nations in the US and Europe have ‘introduced a mix of mandates for airlines and subsidies for producers in recent years,’ the Qantas Group recommends that the Federal Government sets it own mandates for domestic jet fuel supply, including 5% by 2030 rising to 28% by 2040.
In addition, capital support to kickstart new production facilities, production incentives linked to carbon reduction from fuel, and tax incentives and credits for SAF producers (more aligned to other government’s approaches) are all key policy recommendations. The Qantas group adds that the domestic sustainable aviation fuel industry it is investing in ‘has the potential to ultimately create thousands of jobs and investment, particularly in regional Australia, and increase Australia’s domestic fuel security’.