Hydrogen flights look ready to take-off with new advances
New research and studies by the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have considerably advanced hydrogen fuel viability for flights.
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New research and studies by the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have considerably advanced hydrogen fuel viability for flights.
The trial saw hydrogen being used to refuel and power the ground support equipment – specifically, baggage tractors – of easyJet passenger aircraft.
Managing Director of Exeter Airport, Stephen Wiltshire, answered questions, in our sustainability supplement, about his airport’s sustainability plans, challenges the plan faces and working to support hybrid electric flights.
Hydrogen presents the opportunity to decarbonise aviation, particularly for short-haul flights. For International Airport Review, Dave Lees, CEO of Bristol Airport explains how its work as part of the Hydrogen in Aviation alliance is already solving many of the technical challenges of making hydrogen-powered flight a reality.
Partnership in the South West can accelerate the development of large commercial aircraft powered by hydrogen, which could be in our skies earlier than thought – according to Max Brown, Vice-President of Technology at GKN Aerospace.
Jane Ashton is Director of Sustainability at easyJet. In this article she discusses easyJet’s net zero roadmap, the airline’s ambition to be flying on hydrogen-powered aircraft, and the steps easyJet has taken to support the important development of a wider hydrogen ecosystem.
In this article, David Eccles, Director of Hydrogen South West, outlines his ambitious plans to implement hydrogen-powered flights and argues why airport infrastructure and cross-sector partnerships are imperative for its success.
Companies including easyJet, Rolls-Royce, Airbus, Ørsted, GKN Aerospace and Bristol Airport, have established the Hydrogen in Aviation alliance.
A quarter of London City Airport's (LCY) Action Plan of their Sustainability Report have been completed, with a third progressing as planned.
This eSupplement has been created in collboartion with the Director of Sustainability and Corporate Affairs at Bristol Airport, Simon Earles.
Bristol Airport has launched a new ‘Time is running out - Help us engineer a net zero world’ exhibition highlighting the central role of civil engineers in tackling climate change and to reach net zero targets.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration has granted a $100 million deal to companies, to develop technologies to lower the impact aviation has on climate change.