欧洲航司拟挑战欧盟合成燃料强制规定

European carriers intend to challenge the EU’s synthetic fuel mandates

中化新网讯

Sinochem New Network News

近日，受中东冲突导致燃料成本飙升及供应担忧加剧影响，欧洲航空公司准备对欧盟自2030年起强制使用合成可持续航空燃料(eSAF)的规定发起挑战，计划敦促推迟甚至废除该项强制性要求。

Recently, amid soaring fuel costs and growing supply concerns triggered by the conflict in the Middle East, European airlines are preparing to challenge the EU mandate requiring the use of synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF) starting in 2030, and intend to push for its delay or even repeal.

据知情人士透露，由汉莎航空、法荷航、瑞安航空、易捷航空及英航母公司IAG等组成的欧洲航空公司协会(A4E)拟正式表态，认为eSAF生产项目远不能满足市场需求，预计到2030年仅有0.7%的目标产量可兑现，而届时强制要求为1.2%。A4E警告，供应缺口将导致70亿至90亿欧元的罚款，最终由燃油供应商转嫁给航空公司，再传导至乘客。

According to people familiar with the matter, Airlines for Europe (A4E), composed of Lufthansa, Air France-KLM, Ryanair, easyJet, and IAG, the parent company of British Airways, intends to formally state that eSAF production is far from sufficient to meet market demand. It projects that only 0.7% of the targeted production volume will be achieved by 2030, compared with the mandatory requirement of 1.2% for the same year. A4E has warned that the supply shortfall could result in fines of €7 billion to €9 billion, which would ultimately be passed on from fuel suppliers to airlines and then to passengers.

与此同时，中东冲突已导致航空燃油价格翻番，北欧航空等航司被迫取消航班。

Meanwhile, the conflict in the Middle East has sent jet fuel prices doubling, forcing carriers including Scandinavian Airlines to cancel flights.