Aircraft
Boeing Preaches Pragmatism in Setting Sustainability Priorities
Divergent views of hydrogen’s immediate potential have Boeing and Airbus at odds once again.
Boeing's sustainability priorities rest first with SAF. (Photo: Boeing)
Boeing's sustainability priorities rest first with SAF. (Photo: Boeing)

Reflecting its relatively measured projections for hydrogen power’s role in the aviation industry’s sustainability efforts over the next 10 or 15 years, Boeing continues to promote the advancement of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) as perhaps the most effective way forward in the near- and medium-term. Although Airbus also advocates for the increased availability of SAF, the European company sees a more prominent role for hydrogen in the nearer term and plans to introduce a hydrogen-powered narrowbody airliner by 2035.