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ZeroAvia completes world's first hydrogen-electric passenger plane flight

9/25/2020

ZeroAvia, a leading innovator in decarbonizing commercial aviation, has completed the world’s first hydrogen fuel-cell powered flight of a commercial-grade aircraft. The flight took place at the company's R&D facility in Cranfield, England, with the Piper M-class six-seat plane completing taxi, takeoff, a full pattern circuit, and landing. ZeroAvia's achievement is the first step to realizing the transformational possibilities of moving from fossil fuels to zero-emission hydrogen as the primary energy source for commercial aviation. Eventually, and without any new fundamental science required, hydrogen-powered aircraft will match the flight distances and payload of the current fossil fu

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