Decarbonizing aviation is at the core of Manchester Airports Group (MAG) strategy, both as one of MAG’s seven strategic priorities and as one of five sustainability strategy focus areas. With PA Consulting, MAG explored how airports can contribute to accelerating SAF scale-up. Through a detailed assessment of the UK SAF landscape, PA and MAG identified a range of strategic opportunities where airports can address existing market challenges. This work has shaped MAG’s evolving approach to SAF, highlighting the unique influence airports can have on bridging gaps across stakeholders and driving industry-wide progress toward net zero aviation.

• How to assess the SAF value chain and identify areas of unmet need
• Key levers through which airports can accelerate SAF deployment and adoption
• The unique influence airports have in uniting stakeholders to drive net zero progress
• Strategic, actionable insights from MAG and PA’s benchmarking of practices in other airports
• Practical steps to implement an airport-led SAF strategy and lessons learned from MAG’s SAF journey to inform future airport approaches