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LATAM, Aeromexico weigh options to limited sustainable fuels

2 of Latin America's. leading airlines Chilean provider LATAM and Mexico's Aeromexico. are thinking about alternatives to sustainable air travel fuel (SAF),. which stays in brief supply in the area, as a method to cut. carbon emissions.

WHY IT'S IMPORTANT

Air travel is a heavily contaminating industry due to the jet fuel. utilized to power airplanes. The sector agrees that the shift to. utilizing SAFs is a top priority to reach net-zero carbon emissions. commitments, and some nations have actually presented reward. programs or guidelines setting minimum portion targets for. SAF use.

However, fuel feedstocks made from waste items such as. used cooking oils and crop residues stay in brief supply and. are much costlier than conventional fuel.

CONTEXT

Aeromexico has been piggybacking off U.S. provider Delta's. tie-ups for SAF supply, an Aeromexico executive told. journalists, capitalizing on a years-long partnership.

Aeromexico also makes use of so-called book-and-claim. deals, said Karen Farias, the provider's head of ecological,. social, and governance matters. This permits airlines to offset. emissions by purchasing credits originating from the use of SAF. by other carriers.

Sugarcane remains in numerous supply and could be an option for. producing SAF in Mexico and Paraguay, LATAM Airlines' Mexico. head Diana Olivares stated at an occasion hosted by ProChile.

Building is presently under way on an SAF plant in. Paraguay that will utilize cooking oils and soybean oil.

And both LATAM and Aeromexico are presenting. artificial-intelligence programs to keep track of and make fuel use. more efficient, the airline companies' executives stated.

KEY PRICES ESTIMATE

Airline companies have a bad credibility for being actually. contaminating, Olivares stated. But it's something we're working. really hard on.

We can't simply state: 'Well this is hard,' due to the fact that we're going. to fall behind, Farias said.

BY THE NUMBERS

Aviation is responsible for about 2% of all greenhouse gas. emissions, according to data shared by Aeromexico.

Switching out traditional fuel for SAFs represents about 60%. of the option in bringing airline companies' emissions down, Olivares. said.

(source: Reuters)