Sustainability shift – two airports combine to aid introduction of hydrogen and electric aircraft

For many years now it has been official policy at European level to "encourage" travellers to use the train over short distances, especially domestically, rather than air services.

That diktat has reared its ugly head again recently with the decision of the French government to ban domestic air travel on specified routes where rail travel can be undertaken in two and a half hours.

There didn't seem to be any opportunity for the aviation industry, which is on the ropes over this issue, to fight back. But it appears that there are 'alliances' forming across Europe to create the optimal solution to enable electric or hydrogen powered flights rapidly, and possibly as soon as 2026.

This report deals with just two of them; one combining Hamburg and Rotterdam airports with local firms, the other hinged on Groupe ADP and companies in the supply chain there.