Airbus willing to set up ecosystem for SAF to decarbonise aviation sector: Airbus executive

Airbus is also willing to develop SAF related engineering capabilities in India as part of its Make in India initiative.

Airbus India and South Asia vice-president Frederic Combes has said Airbus is willing to set up an ecosystem giving a push to Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in order to decarbonise the aviation sector.

The aerospace company sees India as the best country for SAF development in South Asia and is willing to bring the technical knowledge of it.

During an interaction with PTI, Mr. Combes said Airbus is obviously engaged in the decarbonisation of the aviation sector because this effort is part of its journey, which was initiated years ago.

"I must say that as of today, our products and all the products which are available in the market today are certainly state-of-the-art in sustainability. We are investing a lot in terms of resources, development capability in order to develop the new technology, which will match with this decarbonisation journey," the Airbus executive said.

"Typically one of the concrete examples is that we are willing to set up in India, we are certain to develop an ecosystem regarding the SAF, the Sustainable Aviation Fuel, which will be critical for the future decarbonisation of the aviation sector," he added.

To a question on Airbus' contribution to the push given to 'Make in India', Mr. Combes said the aviation firm is contributing to it through its engineering centre, "which adheres to Make in India."

Airbus is looking at developing state-of-the-art new engineering capabilities for aviation, he explained.