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EU Parliament votes to increase sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) usage from 2% in 2025 to 70% by 2050, aiming to cut greenhouse gas emissions and reach net zero by 2050.
Technology is by far the most important overall factor for cutting carbon emissions, embracing both aircraft and engine technology and sustainable aviation fuels. Aircraft/engine technology: 'upcoming aircraft' and 'future aircraft' Aircraft/engine technology improvements includes both evolutionary change to 'upcoming aircraft' (i.e. aircraft models already available or in the pipeline that are more efficient than most of the installed fleet) and next generation future aircraft types. The modelling envisages that upcoming aircraft reduce emissions by between 15% and 25% over previous generati...