ZeroAvia

American Airlines announced that it has increased investment and entered into a conditional purchase agreement with ZeroAvia.

There is a future for clean, hydrogen-powered aircraft, but it will take several decades before the technology is fully commercially viable.

 ZeroAvia’s modified 19-seat Dornier 228 twin-engine aircraft took to the sky in testbed configuration for the first flight as part of the HyFlyer II project. The airplane was retrofitted with a full-size prototype hydrogen-electric powertrain on the aircraft’s left wing. The flight took place from the company’s R&D facility at Cotswold Airport in Gloucestershire, U.K. […]

The United Kingdom’s Civil Aviation Authority granted ZeroAvia permission to start testing its retrofitted Dornier 228 aircraft. The plane is now equipped with prototype hydrogen-powered engines. “Earning our full Part 21 permit to fly with the CAA is a critical milestone as we develop a zero-emission aviation propulsion system that will be the most environmental […]

Alaska Airlines has announced a partnership with California-based ZeroAvia to develop a hydrogen-electric powertrain. The new engine will be installed on a De Havilland Q400, operated by Alaska’s wholly-owned subsidiary Horizon Air. Alaska and ZeroAvia will work together to modify one of ZeroAvia’s existing powertrains to a new ZA2000 engine family that will be able […]