First commercial hydrogen flights this decade – Zeroavia
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Hydrogen aircraft company Zeroavia aims to certify its fuel-cell powertrain for planes by 2025, with the first commercial hydrogen-powered flights due to take off in the mid-2020s, the company’s vice-president for strategy, James McMicking, tells Hydrogen Economist. Earlier in December, the firm signed an agreement with AGS Group—owner and operator of Glasgow, Aberdeen and Southampton airports—to cooperate on hydrogen refuelling infrastructure and the use of Zeroavia’s aircraft on domestic routes once certified. “The second half of this decade is where we will start having our aircraft flying—2025 is our entry-into-service date for a 9–19-seat aircraft running on gaseous hydrogen. Later in t

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