Guidelines for the Incentive Program Promoting the Use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)
- writing date 2025.04.30
- hits 23
○ Effective Period: '25. 1. 1 ~ '25. 12. 31 (1 years)
* The second year(2026) incentive program will be announced separately.
○ Overview
| Type | Content | Remarks |
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| Eligible Airline | ○ International flights departing from Incheon Airport that are fueled with domestically produced Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) | |
| Incentive type | ○ Differential reduction of lighting charge according to flight distance - Long haul flight : 100% of the lighting charge - Short haul flight : 70% of the lighting charge |
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| Program Criteria | ○ Eligible flights - Flights that use more than 1% of SAF among flights subject to lighting charges ○ Long and short haul classification criteria - Short haul: Chinese, Japanese, Northeast Asian and Southeast Asian routes and Oceania (Guam, Saipan) route, South West Asia(Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India) route - Long haul: routes excluding short-haul routes * Classified by the airport in March, 2025 ※ New routes and etc ∙ If the straight distance between airports is within the straight distance of the long-distance airport among short-distance routes, it is applied as short-distance ○ SAF must be supplied within the incentive implementation period, and the flight applying must be refueled with SAF at least 1% to be subject to the lighting charge. |
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| Limit of support | ○ Up to 100 million KRW over one years | 1 st year |
| Application period | ○ Application guidelines will be provided separately |
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