The Airbus European aircraft -building corporation abandoned plans to bring a passenger plane with hydrogen engines with zero emissions of harmful gases to the market by 2035, writes The Wall Street Journal. Airbus Guillaume Fori announced that the company intends to lead a “green crossing” to the aircraft industry. It was assumed that for 15 years it would be ready to start serial production of three types of aircraft with hydrogen engines. The largest of them should accommodate up to 200 passengers and have a flight range of about 3700 kilometers. The capacity of the transition to hydrogen as fuel Airbus checked on the basis of a dozen airlines and more than 200 airports around the world. Developments cost a total of 1.7 billion euros – it was mainly the company’s own funds. Airbus also received significant subsidies from the French government – the largest shareholder of the company. In the end, Airbus was convinced that the transition to hydrogen fuel would need much more significant changes both in the design of aircraft and the aircraft infrastructure than it was originally. The “green” aircraft will not appear by 2035. (Tagstotranslate) News
