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Airbus Says Ecosystem Needed To Meet 2035 Timeline for Hydrogen Airliners

France's Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport is hosting a pilot project to supply hydrogen fuel through a partnership with Airbus and Air Liquide.

Lyon's Saint-Exupery Airport is the location for a pilot project to supply hydrogen fuel for aviation use. (Image: Vinci Airports)

By Cathy Buyck • Contributor - Europe

September 22, 2021

Airbus continues working on a concept for hydrogen-powered airliners and believes it can get them into commercial service in time to meet its previously stated goal of 2035. But that will require the development of a complex ecosystem that goes beyond the current boundaries of the mainstream aerospace industry, the European manufacturer’s CEO, Guillaume Faury, said during this week’s “Pioneering Sustainable Aerospace” summit at its Toulouse headquarters.

“I am confident that Airbus can deliver on that commitment [of a hydrogen-fueled airliner entering into service in 2035], but the airplane is only part of the challenge. We can’t do it alone,” Faury told reporters.

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