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GE Aviation fully supports the widespread adoption of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) and the objectives being pursued by the ReFuel EU Aviation initiative. While technological innovation and advancement will provide foundational carbon emission reduction opportunities for the mid-to-long term, the use of SAFs present a more immediate solution with significant reduction potential (up to 80%).

GE Aviation has been actively involved in assessing and qualifying SAF since 2007 and works closely with SAF producers, regulators, and operators to ensure that SAF can be widely adopted for use in aviation. Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) are critical for the decarbonization of the aviation sector. For smaller aircraft, SAF will be a bridging measure until zero-emission technologies are mature and market ready.

Air transportation is an increasingly growing industry; it became a backbone of citizen’s mobility across borders and central asset for local businesses like tourism, from which several regions depend upon. With the coming of just-in-time logistics, aviation now also plays a key role on agile supply chains across the globe. Aviation currently contributes to the order of 2.4% of global emissions [1][2].

GE Aviation supports the European Commission’s ambition to align GHG emission reporting methodologies. This will reduce the fragmentation that currently exists across the transport modalities and ultimately promote the uptake of emission reporting. Given the multitude of frameworks that are already in existence and/or currently being developed, there are certain considerations that should be taken into account.

While the “Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy" reveals the main guidelines towards a neutral emission mobility in the forthcoming decades, a transparent and common European methodology is still needed. “CountEmissions EU” is a largely expected initiative that can contribute to the transparent and widespread comparability of GHG emissions.