Letter

Airlines, e-SAF producers and NGOs get behind e-SAF

July 9, 2025

T&E has joined airlines, e-SAF producers and NGOs in highlighting the strategic role e-SAF can play in boosting European competitiveness, autonomy and its clean tech industry.

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With a potential to cut CO₂ emissions by more than 90 per cent compared to fossil jet fuel, e-SAF is the most sustainable aviation fuel, and it can be produced at scale.

With 41 announced projects, Europe could be a trailblazer for e-SAF, presenting a once-in-a-generation opportunity to align climate ambition with industrial renewal and strategic autonomy.

The EU must use the Sustainable Transport Investment Plan (STIP) as a mechanism to help get these projects off the ground:

  • Prioritise e-SAF via a comprehensive EU strategy with targeted support and financing

  • Reinforce the stability of ReFuelEU by upholding the e-SAF sub-target and penalties, and focusing reviews on enabling conditions.

  • Ensure fair access to jet fuel infrastructure and competition across the e-SAF market

  • Establish a market intermediary, funded by aviation ETS revenues, to run double-sided auctions to support e-SAF production and offtakes.

  • Mobilise EU instruments like the Innovation Fund, SAF allowances, and Hydrogen Bank to support e-SAF.

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