{"id":116202,"date":"2021-09-16T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=116202"},"modified":"2021-09-16T21:27:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T21:27:57","slug":"air-new-zealand-airbus-investigate-hydrogen-planes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2021\/09\/air-new-zealand-airbus-investigate-hydrogen-planes.html","title":{"rendered":"Air New Zealand and Airbus to investigate future of hydrogen powered planes."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Air New Zealand said on Thursday it was studying how it could use low-carbon technologies like electric, hybrid or hydrogen powered planes to dramatically reduce emissions from shorter and regional flights as soon as 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airline signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus SE to research the impact hydrogen planes would have on Air New Zealand\u2019s network, operations and infrastructure, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/air-new-zealand-airbus\/air-new-zealand-studying-how-to-add-low-emissions-planes-to-fleet-idUSL4N2QI05H\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>See also: <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/en\/2021\/09\/wright-electric-powerful-zero-emission-engine.html\"><em>Wright Electric successfully tests a powerful new zero-emission engine.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Airbus said it is hoping to bring a hydrogen plane to market by 2035 &#8211; a goal some industry officials and analysts believe to be ambitious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This agreement brings us a step closer to \u201cseeing low carbon solutions in place for our shorter domestic and regional flights in the next decade,\u201d said Air New Zealand Chief Executive Greg Foran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Airbus has already struck similar hydrogen study deals with easyJet and SAS in Europe as airlines around the world look to meet ambitious emissions targets in line with government commitments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>See also: <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/en\/2021\/09\/chinas-first-c919-jet-china-eastern.html\"><em>China\u2019s first C919 jet bound for airline to enter final assembly.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The European manufacturer said the agreement with Air New Zealand would help it gather feedback on airlines\u2019 expectations and preferences for configuration and performance for zero-emissions planes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aviation accounts for around 2.5% of global carbon emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Airbus last year unveiled three visual concepts for hyrdogen-powered planes and set itself a deadline of 2035 to put a carbon-free commercial aircraft in service, a target engine makers like Safran have described as ambitious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled 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