The aviation industry's move toward decarbonisation through Sustainable Aviation Fuel SAF remains largely aspirational in South Africa, as lack of availability, infrastructure constraints and high costs continue to stall progress.
SAF is such a critical talking point in global aviations path to decarbonisation and we see it on the agenda at every conference and forum we attend, Kirby Gordon , Chief Marketing Officer at FlySafair, told Travel News .
Its role in the South African market is, for now, still largely theoretical rather than practical.
Despite growing global momentum, Gordon said FlySafair had not committed to SAF use, not because of unwillingness but because of its absence from the local fuel supply chain.
SAF is simply not available to us in any meaningful or consistent way through the current supply infrastructure.