Manchester Airport, part of Manchester Airports Group (MAG), has announced a series of new pledges to support the aviation industry in achieving its goal to reach Net Zero by 2050.
The move follows the launch of the Government's Jet Zero Strategy, which the airport has welcomed.
The Strategy, launched at the Farnborough Air Show, sets out the Government's approach to maintaining the wide-ranging benefits that aviation brings to the UK while reducing carbon emissions to Net Zero by 2050.
It includes an interim target of Net Zero domestic flights by 2040, a new Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) mandate to ensure at least 10 per cent of jet fuel is SAF by 2030 and a commitment to ensuring at least five SAF plants are under construction by 2025.
The five Jet Zero pledges set out by MAG cover a range of issues which will help drive the industry forward towards net zero aviation. These are Jet Zero Education, Jet Zero Research, Jet Zero Technology, Jet Zero SAF and Jet Zero Airspace.
MAG chief executive Charlie Cornish said: "The publication of the Jet Zero Strategy is an important recognition by Government of the commitments made by our industry for a more sustainable future.
"With the pledges we have announced today, we will be working even more closely with our industry partners and the UK Government through the Jet Zero Council, to make real and measurable progress against the targets we have in place."
