According to the Hydrogen In Aviation alliance, HIA, which includes Airbus, Easyjet, Rolls-Royce and other partners, SAFs are merely a transition phase. And hydrogen will play an important role, starting with short flights.
Created in September 2023, the HIA brings together a number of players including Airbus, easyJet, GKN Aerospace, Ørsted, Rolls-Royce, ZeroAvia and Bristol Airport. The alliance has just published a recent activity report which suggests a roadmap to the British authorities. It also expressed its views on the development of hydrogen in an article published on the website of the Institution Of Mechanical Engineers, an organisation with 114,000 members in 140 countries.
The paper states from the start that there are no miracle solutions. Today, there is a lot of talk about sustainable fuels (SAF, which can be derived from biofuels or obtained from hydrogen and CO2). They are available as a 50% blend and will increase to 100% by the end of the decade. But their share will only be 6% in Europe in 2030 and 10% in the UK.
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