Aircraft
Boeing Pushes Zero-impact over Zero Emissions
Boeing's chief strategy officer Marc Allen sees a limited role for hydrogen propulsion in aviation's green future and won't reverse supersonic withdrawal.
(Left) Richard Aboulafia interviewing Marc Allen, Boeing's chief strategy officer, at the NBAA-BACE newsmakers breakfast. (Photo: Matt Thurber)
(Left) Richard Aboulafia interviewing Marc Allen, Boeing's chief strategy officer, at the NBAA-BACE newsmakers breakfast. (Photo: Matt Thurber)

Aviation’s path to a net-zero future will pass multiple waypoints, and while many view hydrogen as a key enabling technology, Boeing is building its flight plan around fleet renewal, improving operational efficiency, and boosting the availability of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). During the newsmakers breakfast Q&A session with analyst Richard Aboulafia on Monday at NBAA-BACE 2002 on Monday, Marc Allen, the U.S. aerospace group’s chief strategy officer, made it clear it will not be following its European rival Airbus in looking to bring hydrogen-powered, medium-range narrowbody airliners into service by the mid-2030s.


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