Qantas was last year rumoured to be in discussions with Nasdaq-listed Neste Oyj to supply the airline SAF. Its Rotterdam refinery, NEXBTL, will soon have a “renewable product capacity” to 2.7 million tons.

Qantas was last year rumoured to be in discussions with Nasdaq-listed Neste Oyj to supply the airline SAF. Its Rotterdam refinery, NEXBTL, will soon have a “renewable product capacity” to 2.7 million tons.

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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