Qatar Airways 'fighting' with oil companies for low-cost sustainable fuel

Qatar Airways is ‘fighting with oil companies’ to produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in order to bring prices down

A Qatar Airways aircraft. Credit: Reuters Photo

The CEO of Qatar Airways said on Monday that the airline is "fighting with oil companies" to produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in order to bring prices down.

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"We are fighting with oil companies to create the economies of scale to produce SAF in big volumes to bring the price down," Akbar Al Baker said at a press conference, adding that the airline would like to use it, or at least blend SAF with aviation fuel.