The lobby effort, led by Transport & Environment, has written to transport secretary Mark Harper, urging him to ensure the aviation industry foots the bill for research into the production of green fuels and efforts to ramp up their production, with the government pursuing a 10% SAF mandate by 2030.
In the letter, signed by the likes of Greenpeace, the Green Alliance and Tax Justice UK, the campaigners further demand of the travel secretary that no existing or future taxes on the sector, such as Air Passenger Duty, contribute to the scheme, and that any SAF development scheme be administered by a non-Treasury body.
