EgyptAir plans to boost biofuel use by 2% in 2025

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Airport staff stand next to an EgyptAir plane on the runway at Cairo Airport, September 5, 2013. The ongoing political crisis in Egypt has hit the once vibrant tourism industry hard, devastating a critical part of the country's economy. And with visitors scared away by civil strife in the aftermath of the ouster of President Mohamed Mursi, Egypt's national airliner, EgyptAir has been hit hard by the tourism slowdown. The airline has taken the brunt of losses in the tourism sector, losing billions of pounds in revenue per year in the two and a half years since the uprising that toppled former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in 2011. Picture taken September 5, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: TRANSPORT TRAVEL BUSINESS) - RTX13Z1H

This is part of the airline’s ambitious plan to boost annual dependency on biofuel to reduce carbon emissions

Staff Writer, Arab Finance

June 22, 2023

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Airport staff stand next to an EgyptAir plane on the runway at Cairo Airport, September 5, 2013. The ongoing political crisis in Egypt has hit the once vibrant tourism industry hard, devastating a critical part of the country's economy. And with visitors scared away by civil strife in the aftermath of the ouster of President Mohamed Mursi, Egypt's national airliner, EgyptAir has been hit hard by the tourism slowdown. The airline has taken the brunt of losses in the tourism sector, losing billions of pounds in revenue per year in the two and a half years since the uprising that toppled former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in 2011. Picture taken September 5, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: TRANSPORT TRAVEL BUSINESS) - RTX13Z1H

EgyptAir is targeting increasing the use of biofuel to 2% in 2025, the airline’s Director of Fuel and Emission Ahmed Mattar told Asharq Business on June 18th.

This is part of the airline’s ambitious plan to boost annual dependency on biofuel to reduce carbon emissions.

The company is also aiming to increase the use of biofuel to 6% by 2030, he added.