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Day 2 Session 7: Clean Regional Aviation – Zero-Emission Aircraft and the Timeline to Cleaner Domestic Skies
Regional turboprops such as the ATR and Dash 8 series are potential targets for passenger operations within the decade. When clean aircraft can carry well above 50 passengers over 500 nautical miles, transitioning polluting flights to zero-emission options across regions or even intra and inter-national, becomes viable.
Policies are aligning to support industry in driving this forward. Across the EU, member states are already seeking to address the aviation sector’s emissions, driven by their own net zero targets or the EU’s Fit for 55 push. The UK’s Jet Zero Strategy targets net zero domestic aviation by 2040, Sweden’s ambition is 2030. With U.S. Hydrogen Hubs promising large-scale production, delivering fuel for passenger transport at regional scale is increasingly viable within the next few years.
What effect can these technologies have on galvanizing the regional aviation market? Will reduced operating costs overcome capital expenditure hesitations? What will be the first region to eradicate fossil fuel aircraft from its internal air routes? With lower operating costs, can operators size down from narrowbody aircraft, or will they wait for the technology to advance further?
The panel will look at the drivers, aspirations and considerations for all players – from regional and national governments, to airlines and airports and, ultimately, to passengers.
Day 2 Session 7: Clean Regional Aviation – Zero-Emission Aircraft and the Timeline to Cleaner Domestic Skies
Regional turboprops such as the ATR and Dash 8 series are potential targets for passenger operations within the decade. When clean aircraft can carry well above 50 passengers over 500 nautical miles, transitioning polluting flights to zero-emission options across regions or even intra and inter-national, becomes viable.
Policies are aligning to support industry in driving this forward. Across the EU, member states are already seeking to address the aviation sector’s emissions, driven by their own net zero targets or the EU’s Fit for 55 push. The UK’s Jet Zero Strategy targets net zero domestic aviation by 2040, Sweden’s ambition is 2030. With U.S. Hydrogen Hubs promising large-scale production, delivering fuel for passenger transport at regional scale is increasingly viable within the next few years.
What effect can these technologies have on galvanizing the regional aviation market? Will reduced operating costs overcome capital expenditure hesitations? What will be the first region to eradicate fossil fuel aircraft from its internal air routes? With lower operating costs, can operators size down from narrowbody aircraft, or will they wait for the technology to advance further?
The panel will look at the drivers, aspirations and considerations for all players – from regional and national governments, to airlines and airports and, ultimately, to passengers.
![Kickstarting the revolution with mobile hydrogen refuelling - Sergey Kiselev, CBO [PARIS AIRSHOW]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZnzhVlCZ6QI/mqdefault.jpg "Kickstarting the revolution with mobile hydrogen refuelling - Sergey Kiselev, CBO [PARIS AIRSHOW]
Live from Paris Airshow, hear from Sergey Kiselev, CBO ZeroAvia on how ZeroAvia is kickstarting the revolution with mobile hydrogen refuelling technology at airports for gaseous and liquid hydrogen.
Read more: https://zeroavia.com/")
