Meet the aviation bigwigs betting on hydrogen as the future of flight

Michael Holder
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A concept of Airbus' zero emission hydrogen powered planes | Credit: Airbus
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A concept of Airbus' zero emission hydrogen powered planes | Credit: Airbus

BusinessGreen speaks to top figures from EasyJet, Airbus, Rolls Royce and GKN Aerospace about their collaborative effort to develop zero carbon flight through the new Hydrogen in Aviation alliance

What is the answer to the aviation's fossil fuel problem? Carbon offsets and removals? Bio-based or synthetic sustainable aviation fuels? Batteries? Hydrogen? Or should we all just try to take the train...

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