Sustainability and Environment
ZeroAvia Receives €21.4 Million to Deliver Norwegian Cargo Aircraft
European funding validates hydrogen-electric aviation as strategic technology, says developer
Cessna Grand Caravan with Zero Avia logo flying over Norwegian fjords
Hydrogen-electric Cessna Caravans will enter Norwegian service in 2028

ZeroAvia has been awarded a €21.4 million ($24.6 million) grant from the EU Innovation Fund to support plans to introduce zero-emission aircraft in Norway. This European initiative, announced on November 6, will support the retrofit of 15 Cessna Grand Caravan airframes alongside the establishment of the necessary hydrogen ground infrastructure.

The hydrogen-electric powertrain developer will now work with airports and authorities under the newly-formed Project ODIN (Operations to Decarbonize Interconnectivity in Norway). This, explained ZeroAvia, “aims to validate the technical performance and economic case for utilising hydrogen-electric aircraft in commercial operations, with a view to catalyzing further adoption in Norway, across the EU and further afield.”