International markets are booming after the pandemic recovery, and many carriers are finding themselves short of capacity after retiring many older widebodies.
A consortium of UK and European companies have called on the British government to provide additional funding towards making the hydrogen fuel plan a reality.
European industry could fly a rotorcraft technology demonstrator for a future military helicopter in the next phase of a European Union (EU)-funded research activity.
The filing with the ITU, a U.N. agency that manages global use of radio-frequency spectrum and sat orbits, is a prerequisite to building the constellation.