Flagship Government Jet Massively Reduces Sustainable Fuel Use Since Election – Guido Fawkes

Flagship Government Jet Massively Reduces Sustainable Fuel Use Since Election

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Reeves justified her support for Heathrow’s expansion to environmentalists by claiming that Sustainable Aviation Fuel is “a game-changer in the way that we fly” – Labour has set demands for the aviation industry to use increasing proportions of SAF in all flights – 2% this year, 10% in 2030, and 22% in 2040. The miracle fuel currently costs between two to seven times more than traditional jet fuel…

Guido wanted to see if jet-loving Labour is walking the walk and instructed its FoI Unit to query the Cabinet Office on SAF’s use in the government’s flagship G-GBNI Airbus A321-253NX. Keir’s favourite jet – and it’s a disappointing picture…

Since the general election the Cabinet Office says G-GBNI has used the eco-fuel for only eight flights. Seeing as publicly available flight data shows that particular Airbus has completed 111 flights since then that puts the proportion using SAF at a pitiful 7.2%. To make it worse the Cabinet Office says “27% of all flights taken using the GBNI airframe” have used the fuel, which means there has been a massive decline since Labour came in. Tut tut…