{"id":27868,"date":"2022-11-15T16:58:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T11:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=27868"},"modified":"2022-11-15T17:49:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T12:19:20","slug":"govt-of-india-looking-at-mandating-the-blending-of-jet-fuel-with-saf-oficial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/15\/govt-of-india-looking-at-mandating-the-blending-of-jet-fuel-with-saf-oficial\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt of India looking at mandating the blending of jet fuel with SAF: Oficial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>&#8220;We are committed to reducing emissions by fossil fuels&#8230; the (civil aviation) ministry is operating closely with the ministry of petroleum and natural gas on the issues related to Sustainable Aviation Fuel,&#8221; the Civil Aviation Secretary said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The government is working on mandating the blending of jet fuel with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icao.int\/environmental-protection\/pages\/SAF.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) <\/a><\/strong>as the country works on ways to reduce emissions, Civil Aviation Secretary Rajiv Bansal stated today.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sustainable-aviation-fuel\">Sustainable aviation fuel <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are committed to reducing emissions by fossil fuels&#8230; the (civil aviation) ministry is working closely with the ministry of petroleum and natural gas on the issues related to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icao.int\/environmental-protection\/pages\/SAF.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)<\/a><\/strong>,&#8221; he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bnr-web-aviation-biofuel-1024x400.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27869\" width=\"1034\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bnr-web-aviation-biofuel-1024x400.webp 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bnr-web-aviation-biofuel-600x234.webp 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bnr-web-aviation-biofuel-300x117.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bnr-web-aviation-biofuel-768x300.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bnr-web-aviation-biofuel-1536x600.webp 1536w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bnr-web-aviation-biofuel-750x293.webp 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bnr-web-aviation-biofuel-1140x445.webp 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bnr-web-aviation-biofuel.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1034px) 100vw, 1034px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Sustainable aviation fuel | Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-international-air-transport-association-iata\">International Air Transport Association (IATA)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>He was said at the IATA Aviation Energy Forum here. The<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iata.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> International Air Transport Association (IATA) <\/a><\/strong>is an international grouping of airlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bansal told both ministries are operating to mandate a certain percentage of blending. &#8220;That is still a work in progress. We do realize that unless we mandate over some time, demand will not be created,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also, read    <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/11\/middle-east-airlines-airbus-a320-was-hit-by-a-bullet-in-beirut-creating-a-hole-in-the-fuselage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Middle East Airlines Airbus&nbsp;A320 was hit by a bullet in Beirut, creating a hole in the fuselage<\/a>             <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/tata-sons-begins-the-process-of-integrating-all-airlines-under-the-banner-of-air-india-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tata Sons Begins The Process Of Integrating All Airlines Under The Banner Of Air India | Exclusive<\/a>             <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/18\/monkey-pythons-and-tortoises-passenger-brought-in-luggage-from-bangkok-to-chennai-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Monkey, pythons, and tortoises: Passenger brought in luggage from Bangkok to Chennai | Exclusive<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Elaborating on Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), he stated there are 2 important things &#8212; the feedstock and production.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Do we have as a country adequate feedstock for producing Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)? Are there technologies in place, proven, and time-tested which will be able to produce Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in quantities? And if I may say at a price the airlines can afford,&#8221; Bansal stated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-aviation-sector\">Aviation sector<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is one of the key elements that will help to achieve emission reduction targets for the aviation sector. Against the backdrop of the country&#8217;s aviation sector slowly back on the development path after being significantly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, he said that the <strong>&#8220;Indian aviation growth story<\/strong> is here to remain&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further, Bansal mentioned supply chain issues being faced by domestic airlines, saying that those are hindering the development of the aviation sector. &#8220;Over the last few months, our Indian carriers have been struggling for want of engines being supplied by OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/aviation.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/aviation.jpg 800w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/aviation-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/aviation-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/aviation-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/aviation-750x563.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to name any particular OEM but today as we stand here, the pace at which Indian aviation wants to develop is getting hindered by global supply chains, OEMs not being able to supply at the pace at which this country is asking&#8230;,&#8221; he said<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thank you<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stay updated with Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Govt of India looking at mandating the blending of jet fuel with SAF: Oficial<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7215,7216,7217,6761],"tags":[152,392,79,2030,393,1236,4424,4928,81],"class_list":{"0":"post-27868","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-airline-news","8":"category-aviation-news","9":"category-indian-aviation-news","10":"category-news","11":"tag-airlines","12":"tag-airlines-news","13":"tag-aviation","14":"tag-aviation-a2z-news","15":"tag-aviation-news","16":"tag-government-of-india","17":"tag-govt","18":"tag-indian-government","19":"tag-latest-aviation-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27868"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27875,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27868\/revisions\/27875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}