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Potential first customer: Lufthansa talking to Airbus about hydrogen planes

Potential first customer: Lufthansa talking to Airbus about hydrogen planes

The German airline is sharing ideas with Airbus about the aircraft maker’s hydrogen plans. Lufthansa can even imagine becoming the number one customer.

Asked last September Airbus has three hydrogen-powered aircraft concepts Before. In December, the aircraft manufacturer وضعت fourth draft distance. At least one of these ideas will be operational in passenger aircraft by 2035.

According to Airbus, two efficiency centers for the project called Zero E will be operational by 2023 in Nantes and Bremen for the construction of hydrogen tanks. the first Flight test planned for 2025. Airbus has it too Tests with the A380 on the horizon.

Will Lufthansa be the first customer?

Lufthansa is now showing interest. “We are in dialogue with Airbus about hydrogen planes,” Lufthansa President Carsten Spohr said Thursday, August 5th, in an interview with journalists. One is also in exchange for new engines with the engine manufacturers, sometimes through Lufthansa Technik, and sometimes through the airline itself.

“We’ve been the number one customer for every second plane Airbus has ever built,” continues Spohr. “If Airbus builds a hydrogen-powered aircraft, there is a 50 percent chance that we will be a cocky customer again.” Meanwhile, Spohr has not shown any interest in electricity Small shipments such as those ordered by DHL Express.