The Hydrogen-Power innovator aviation firms back | Airlines

The meteoric rise of British/American hydrogen-electric aircraft developer ZeroAvia, established in 2018, is a success story driven by passion and determination for a cleaner future of flight.

Its journey over the last six years is a celebration of how important it is to assemble a team of gifted aerospace and electrical engineers to achieve real-life results in the pursuit of new technology.

Since July 2024, ZeroAvia has confirmed new agreements with five aviation organizations that are focused on future aircraft powered by hydrogen engines. These include American Airlines, ASL Aviation Holdings, KLM, Jekta and ecojet.

Add these to the list of existing partnerships that include companies such as Japan Airlines, Airbus, United Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Natilus, and Air Cahan then it’s clear things are progressing extraordinarily well for ZeroAvia.

And this does not even include the investors, airports and hydrogen suppliers that also see ZeroAvia as the front-runner in the evolution of zero-emission flight and have accordingly formed agreements.

Only this month the Scottish National Investment Bank joined recent financial backers (American Airlines, IAG and ITOCHU Corporation) by investing £20 million in ZeroAvia during a financing round that leveraged a total of $150 million.

And if you needed any further evidence of industry confidence in…