4 Dec 2025

AC25 round-up: Preparing for 2026 possible EU ETS extension, UK linkage

This second of three reports covers SAF key takeaways from the this year's Aviation Carbon conference held last week in ...

20 Nov 2025

EU ETS & SAF costs: European airlines soft land in the new normal

Ishka analyses the latest Q3 disclosures by Europe's largest operators to understand the cost impacts of SAF mandates an...

7 Nov 2025

SAVi Five: Aviation priorities ahead of COP30, EU STIP latest reaction, and more…

With merely days to go until COP30 in Brazil, aviation stakeholders are preparing for a frantic few weeks of climate dis...

6 Nov 2025

EU STIP adds $3bn to e-SAF, but revenue certainty tool still a ‘medium-term’ goal

The European Commission on 5th November adopted a transport package to mobilise €2.9 billion ($3.3 billion) by 2027 to b...

10 Oct 2025

SAVi Five: Mixed review from ICAO’s 42nd Assembly, Spain approves short-haul flight ban, and more…

ICAO’s 42nd Assembly in Montreal focused as predicted on implementation rather than new ambition, launching its Finvest ...

30 Sep 2025

Briefing: Japan’s GX-ETS set to bring carbon pricing to domestic airlines from 2026

Following the introduction of a carbon tax for all fossil fuels in 2012, Japan is now preparing to move its voluntary GX...

19 Sep 2025

SAVi Five: EU gives $117m in SAF aid to airlines, S. Korea adds new SAF mandate targets, and more…

The European Commission this week granted 1.3 million free EU ETS allowances worth about €100 million ($117 million) to ...

8 Aug 2025

SAVi Five: Barclays & UBS quit NZBA pointing to fall in membership, Stratos DACC update, and more…

Following HSBC’s decision to withdraw from the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) last month, two other large European ban...

27 Jun 2025

SAVi Five: China eyes 2027 ETS aviation inclusion, fuel surcharge-like climate levy proposal, and more…

Five noteworthy aviation sustainability developments in the past seven days curated by the Ishka SAVi team.

23 May 2025

SAVi Five: Plans to link EU & UK ETS, US SAF 45Z credit extension progress, and more…

Leaders of the EU and UK met in London on 19th May for the first EU-UK summit since the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, agr...

16 May 2025

SAVi Five: Key UK and US SAF bills & reaction, upcoming ZeroAvia cargo flights, and more…

Significant progress on SAF policy was made this week in both the UK and the US, with proposed legislation on both sides...

17 Apr 2025

SAVi Five: IMO carbon pricing lessons for aviation, NZBA drops 1.5C, and more…

Following the finalisation last week of the IMO Net-Zero Framework for shipping – described as the world's first industr...

11 Apr 2025

SAVi Five: Global ETS aviation update, European airline costs, IMO levy is set, and more…

This edition outlines ETS updates for aviation around the world, European airline expectations for regulatory compliance...

7 Feb 2025

SAVi Five: EU policy plans in 2025, new European aviation roadmap, and more…

A leaked European Commission draft lists the EU's main 2025 policy priorities. Ishka SAVi unpacks those of potential rel...

25 Oct 2024

SAVi Five: New Commission cautious on jet fuel taxes, first ETS funds for aviation, and more…

Incoming EU Commissioners have outlined limited appetite for unilateral European action on aviation policy, including je...

12 Sep 2024

SAVi Briefing: Is the EU ETS set to expand in 2026? Unpacking the stakes for airlines

This Ishka SAVi Briefing unpacks the conditions and likely impacts of an EU ETS scope expansion, also known as the end o...

4 Sep 2024

Growing EU ETS bills – Which airlines will soon feel the pinch?

This report provides 2023 estimates for ETS bills of major European airlines in relation to their revenues.

30 Aug 2024

SAVi Five: NGOs sue against EU Taxonomy aviation criteria, UK SAF mandate cost estimates, and more…

A coalition of NGOs are taking the European Commission to the European Court of Justice over its decision to include cur...

21 Jun 2024

SAVi Five: ‘Green PSOs’ to prop clean-tech aircraft, EU could yield to IATA on non-CO2 MRV scope, and more…

European Public Service Obligations (PSO) operations can nudge bidding operators to use fuel-efficient aircraft and the ...

9 May 2024

SAVi Five: EasyJet joins NGOs to counter IATA’s contrail stance, Hong Kong to work on transition taxonomy, and...

European LCC EasyJet has joined environmental NGOs to support the European Commission’s effort to introduce a non-CO2 mo...