Oil companies should invest in sustainable aviation fuel: Al Baker

While many major airlines have committed to be carbon neutral by 2050, engine and aircraft manufacturers, especially the oil companies, also play a critical role in making the aviation industry sustainable, said Qatar Airways Chief Executive H E Akbar Al Baker, while speaking at the panel discussion “Back in the Air” during the Qatar Economic Forum Powered by Bloomberg, yesterday. 

During the event, Al Baker reiterated the lack of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at affordable prices in the market, and stressed that oil companies, which have invested heavily in the oil fields, are not doing enough in investing in SAF.  He said: “We are under a lot of pressure from our government to reduce emissions and to make our airplanes very fuel efficient. But at the end of the day, it all depends on the OEMs, on the engine manufacturers and aircraft manufacturers, but most importantly on the oil companies.