(AOF) – Airbus and ZeroAvia have signed three memorandums of understanding with Canada’s three busiest airports, Montreal-Trudeau International Airport, Toronto Pearson International Airport and Vancouver International Airport, in order to study the feasibility of hydrogen infrastructure in Canadian airports. This is the first time that a feasibility study of this magnitude has been carried out in Canada, with the three airports, in order to pave the way for the use of hydrogen in aviation.
It reflects the shared ambition of the partners to use their respective expertise to support the decarbonisation of the aviation industry (ICAO, ATAG and IATA) and to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
This cooperation will provide a better understanding of hydrogen aircraft concepts and operations, as well as supply, infrastructure and airport refueling needs, with the aim of developing the hydrogen aviation ecosystem in all the countries. The partners will also collaborate on the development of regulations and standards.
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The end of a duopoly?
For several decades, the American Boeing and the European Airbus have shared 99% of the world market for airliners with more than 110 seats. This market is worth more than 100 billion dollars per year. However, this duopoly appears weakened in 2022 for several reasons. First, for the first time, two medium-haul single-aisle aircraft, the C919 from China’s Comac and the MC-21 from Russia’s Irkut, are preparing to enter service. Added to this is the Boeing 737 MAX crisis. With the cessation of deliveries of this aircraft between 2019 and 2021, the production balance has been disrupted. In 2021 Boeing posted 340 deliveries, with Airbus remaining well in the lead, with 611.