Virgin Atlantic CEO: Don’t Make Customers Pay More for SAF Without the Environmental Benefit

Photo Credit: Corneel Koster speaking at the Skift Global Forum in New York City on September 24, 2026. Skift Virgin Atlantic CEO Corneel Koster said increasing mandates on sustainable aviation fuel while supply continues to lag is not tenable for the airline industry. “There isn't enough sustainable aviation fuel, and, particularly in the U.K., the mandate is going up all the time for how much sustainable aviation fuel we use,” Koster said at the Skift Global Forum in New York City on Thursday. The U.K. started implementing mandates for sustainable aviation fuel, also known as SAF, last year, requiring the fuel to make up 2% of the country's jet fuel demand and eventually 22% of