During this week’s 2025 Airbus Summit in Toulouse, France, the European aircraft manufacturer made various announcements including details of the technologies to deliver its hydrogen roadmap.
In 2020, Airbus announced it was working on various new aircraft concepts, all of which would rely on hydrogen as a primary power source – an option that Airbus believes holds promise as a clean aviation fuel.
At its 2022 technology summit, Airbus said that significant progress had been made within R&D for its larger hydrogen aircraft, with the potential for these aircraft to come into service in the mid-2030s.
But in February 2025 it was reported that Airbus was to delay its ZEROe programme – its hydrogen-powered aircraft programme – due to slow development of essential technology.
However, at this week’s Airbus Summit – the third edition of its technology summit – the manufacturer reconfirmed its commitment to deliver a fully-electric, hydrogen fuel cell-powered commercial aircraft.
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