Government launches ‘new and improved’ task force to cut aviation emissions

A “new and improved” task unit to chopped aviation emissions has been launched by the Government.

The Jet Zero Taskforce volition purpose to enactment the accumulation and transportation of sustainable aviation fuels (Saf) and zero-emission flights, arsenic good arsenic see however to amended aviation systems to marque them much efficient.

It volition diagnostic an yearly main executive-level gathering chaired by Ms Haigh and attended by Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband.

Other members volition see the bosses of airlines specified arsenic easyJet and Virgin Atlantic, airports including Heathrow and Manchester, arsenic good arsenic substance producers, commercialized bodies and starring universities.

Ms Haigh said: “Climate alteration is 1 of the biggest challenges we face, and unneurotic with industry, I americium determined to physique an aviation assemblage that’s future-ready and amended for the planet.

“We request to marque flying a cleaner, greener acquisition and the caller and improved Jet Zero Taskforce volition beryllium the driving unit down this transition.

Collaboration with authorities and crossed the full assemblage and proviso concatenation is captious to making the accelerated advancement we need, and we look guardant to moving with the caller task unit to assistance usher successful a caller epoch of sustainable aerial travel

Tim Alderslade, Airlines UK

“I look guardant to moving with each members to present meaningful changes that volition boost our system and marque the UK a planetary person successful sustainable travel.”

Tim Alderslade, main enforcement of Airlines UK, which represents UK-registered carriers, said: “The UK tin pb the mode successful net-zero aviation, ensuring our world-class aviation and aerospace companies tin proceed to enactment a increasing UK system and concern base, and supply families the accidental to question agelong into the future.

“Collaboration with authorities and crossed the full assemblage and proviso concatenation is captious to making the accelerated advancement we need, and we look guardant to moving with the caller task unit to assistance usher successful a caller epoch of sustainable aerial travel, with each the jobs and concern that entails.”

The task unit volition conscionable for the archetypal clip connected December 4.

It volition physique connected the enactment of the Jet Zero Council, acceptable up by the Conservative authorities successful June 2020.

This led to Virgin Atlantic operating the archetypal transatlantic formation by an airliner utilizing axenic Saf from Heathrow to New York successful November past year.

Saf is seen arsenic captious to trim the aviation industry’s c emissions.

It is made from sustainable sources specified arsenic cultivation discarded and utilized cooking oil, meaning its accumulation involves utilizing astir 70% little carbon.

Saf is presently overmuch much costly to nutrient than accepted pitchy fuel.

A caller mandate was signed into instrumentality past week, requiring an expanding magnitude of Saf successful wide pitchy substance to beryllium utilized for UK flights from the commencement of adjacent year.

Under the regulation, by 2040 immoderate 22% of pitchy substance indispensable travel from sustainable sources.

The Department for Transport said it was investing up to £450,000 to enactment aviation decarbonisation successful different countries, specified arsenic helping processing states make policies and entree financing for Saf.

The UK acceptable a people to trim its wide emissions by 81% by 2035 astatine the caller Cop29 league successful Baku, Azerbaijan.