Airbus announced Tuesday it will partner with GE Aviation and CFM International to “flight test a direct combustion engine fueled by hydrogen in preparation for entry into service of a zero-emission aircraft by 2035.”
Airbus Americas chairman and CEO Jeff Knittel said the flight test aircraft will be a modified Airbus A380—currently the world’s largest passenger airliner—equipped with four liquid hydrogen tanks that will fuel a GE Passport turbofan engine located along the rear fuselage of the aircraft.
