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No Shortcuts in Evia Aero's Path To Being Europe's First Green Regional Airline
The Bremen, Germany-based start-up believes that operating in a truly sustainable way means driving emissions out of every aspect of its operation from day one.
Evia Aero's Britten Norman Islander aircraft.
German regional airline Evia Aero wants to operate hydrogen-powered Islander aircraft to small airports such as Groningen in the Netherlands. (Image: Cranfield Aerospace Solutions)

The closer you examine the task of establishing a green airline, the clearer it becomes that it does not begin and end with sourcing net zero carbon aircraft. Evia Aero is a case in point in that while the German start-up has made provisional commitments to a pair of electric aircraft developers, for now, it is more preoccupied with getting a somewhat daunting operational ecosystem in place.

“First you have to be sure that you can operate as a truly sustainable aviation company,” Evia Aero founder Florian Kruse told FutureFlight. The Bremen-based venture plans to invest in photovoltaic (PV) solar energy plants at the airports it intends to serve to fulfill its commitment to being self-sufficient in green energy, which could include electricity and hydrogen fuel. The next step will be installing the required refueling and recharging facilities.