Airbus Continues Propulsion Work To Enable Zero-Emission Airliners

Airbus ZEROe

Airbus narrowed the ZEROe configuration choice to a 100-seat hydrogen-electric airliner.

Credit: Airbus
Airbus may have delayed plans for a hydrogen-powered commercial aircraft until the 2040s and reduced the scope of its research into zero-emission propulsion, canceling scheduled flight tests, but ground demonstrations continue to mature technologies to the revised timeline. The manufacturer is...
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