Can Australia embrace green-sky thinking?
Qantas has announced a landmark deal that should finally see Australia manufacture sustainable fuel. Jake Nelson talks to the key players to ask if it can really work
Australia’s aviation sector is seeing a rebound in carbon emissions as it recovers from COVID-19 – and in the face of this, airlines and airports alike are making significant sustainability moves.
Qantas is partnering with Airbus for a new sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility, which it says will produce up to millions of litres of SAF every year from agricultural by-products like sugarcane. Meanwhile, Rex has taken a 20 per cent stake in electric aviation firm Dovetail, with an eye to retrofitting its Saab 340 turboprop fleet with electric engines by 2026.
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