19 September, 2024
ATSG Charitable Foundation to support STEM education......... Inspiring future aviation professionals
Why LAX, LAS, and LHR Should Invest in LH2
IDTechEx’s new report, “Sustainable Future Aviation 2025-2045: Trends, Technologies, Forecasts”, finds the hydrogen aeroplane market will be worth US$28.4 billion in 2045. The largest part of this will be coming from hydrogen-powered narrow-body commercial airliners. However, this can only happen with strategic infrastructure investment at the right airports.
Compressing hydrogen helps to get more energy into a smaller volume. Most companies looking at compressed hydrogen are considering 700 bar. Pressurizing hydrogen to 700 bar increases its density by a factor of 470, meaning the tank needs to be just over 7 times bigger for the same energy, but also that anybody looking to make use of hydrogen will need to invest in 700 bar hydrogen refuelling infrastructure.
Liquid hydrogen (LH2) is even more dense. At 71g/L, it still weighs nearly ten times less than jet fuel for the same volume but now contains ~25% of the energy. So now, if a plane could be refuelled with liquid hydrogen and got similar efficiency out of the engines, it could expect to get around 25% of the range. For something like an Airbus A320, or Boeing 737max, this would mean around 1,500km of range. This might not sound like much, but a surprising amount of flights are less than 1,500km.
IDTechEx’s report, “Sustainable Future Aviation 2025-2045: Trends, Technologies, Forecasts”, found that around 60% of all flights in the US (domestic and international) are less than 1,500km.
49ers and United Airlines launch SAF pilot project to reduce carbon emissions from air travel
Alaska Airlines take-over of Hawaiian Airlines completes
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British Airways announces direct flights to Georgian capital, Tbilisi
British Airways will launch flights from London Heathrow to Tbilisi, Georgia next year, operating four times per week from 30 March 2025.
British Airways will launch flights from London Heathrow to Tbilisi, Georgia next year, operating four times per week from 30 March 2025.
NASA picks lunar relay contractor for Near Space Network Services
18 September, 2024
.Indonesian Air Force orders four Airbus H145 helicopters
Losses reduce at Vertical Aerospace
Alaska Airlines completes acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines
Qatar Airways launches four additional flights from Amsterdam for the winter season
The four additional weekly flights will begin from 12 November 2024 until 29 March 2025, following increased demand from passengers travelling from the Dutch capital to sun-soaked destinations
Another new Airbus A321neo for Condor
Sports and music event tourism unlocks new opportunities to capture spend
Collinson International launches a global research report unveiling how businesses can engage with sports and music fans to capture share of growing market spend.
Collinson International launches a global research report unveiling how businesses can engage with sports and music fans to capture share of growing market spend.