Heathrow warns UK risks slipping behind in development of greener aviation fuel

The airport’s boss said ‘supportive Government policy is needed and it is needed now’.

Heathrow aims to triple usage of greener aviation fuel at the airport this year, but warned the UK risks falling behind other nations in developing production facilities (Steve Parsons/PA) (PA Archive)

Heathrow aims to triple usage of greener aviation fuel at the airport this year, but warned the UK risks falling behind other nations in developing production facilities.

Chief executive John Holland-Kaye told the PA news agency that the west London airport has “led the way on decarbonising aviation” through sustainable aviation fuel (Saf) but supportive Government policy is “needed now” to compete with the US and the rest of Europe.

Saf is produced from sustainable sources such as agricultural waste and used cooking oil.