Commercial flight

ZeroAvia is set to bolster its hydrogen expertise and accelerate the development of its innovative hydrogen solutions for the aviation industry with the expansion of its team.

ZeroAvia has signed a new agreement with De Havilland Canada to implement hydrogen-electric engines into Dash 8-400 aircraft in order to decarbonise the Canadian-based company’s operations.

ZeroAvia has received an extra $35m boost to its hydrogen technology development for zero-emission aircraft today (Dec 13) with both United Airlines and Alaska Airlines investing in the company.

Airbus continues to explore hydrogen technologies in the aviation industry and will accelerate its research with a new Spanish-based innovation subsidiary dubbed Zero Emission Development Centre (ZEDC) revealed today (Dec 10).

The US is set to receive its “first” zero-emission airliner with Universal Hydrogen and Connect Airlines partnering to achieve this target with the first hydrogen-powered aircraft to be operational in 2025.

Hydrogen is set to make any global location accessible by plane with just one stop as part of a new project revealed today (Dec 6) by the UK’s Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI).

With hydrogen highlighted as having significant potential in decarbonising the aviation sector, SNC-Lavalin and the UK’s Electric Aviation group (EAG) have partnered to develop innovative sustainable aviation technologies using hydrogen.

Element 1 has entered into an agreement with NEXA Capital Partners that will see the accelerated adoption of its methanol-to-hydrogen generators for fuel cell applications in the aerospace industry.

A new Guinness World Record has been set by the UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF) and Zero Petroleum for the world’s first successful flight using only synthetic fuel which utilises hydrogen.

Hydrogen-powered aircraft could be coming to Singapore with a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between Airbus and the Civil Authority of Singapore (CAAS), revealed today (Nov 18).