In the UK, Rolls Royce CEO Tufan Erginbilgi told reporters ““I don’t believe in the next 15, 20 years hydrogen will play a role” in sustainable aviation, saying that SAF is the only viable path forward in the near term. The company is partnered with low-cost carrier EasyJet on a hydrogen technology, and reiterated that it has “ambitions to take this technology to flight test in the long term.” but the company is ditching plans to develop propulsion systems for electric aircraft, citing “choices on resource allocation”.
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