Edinburgh-based airline Ecojet has announced plans to purchase 22 ZA2000 hydrogen electric engines from ZeroAvia, thereby moving one step closer to achieving zero-emission flights.
The sale was announced during the Farnborough International Airshow 2024.
“Ecojet is on a mission to make net-zero, emission-free air travel possible for the first time,” Dale Vince, Founder of EcoJet, said in a press release. “This is nothing short of a revolution in aviation, the world has just moved a step closer towards a solution to sustainable air travel.”
The ZA2000 engines are designed to be installed into regional turboprops with 40-80 seats to help transition towards carbon-free operations. ZeroAvia’s electric engines produce electricity from hydrogen, which powers the aircraft’s propellers. ZA2000 will be compatible with regional turboprop aircraft such as the ATR-72 or the Dash series aircraft.
At first, Ecojet plans to use ZeroAvia’s ZA600 engines to power emission-free aircraft with a capacity of up to 20 seats, after committing to order up to 70 hydrogen-electric, zero-emission engines in November 2023. Eventually, though, the carrier intends to expand its fleet with bigger regional aircraft for domestic and short international flights.
Ecojet plans to begin…
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