Hydrogen aircraft are projected to account for 65% of intra-European traffic by 2050; assuming the current level of ATMs operated per aircraft remains constant, a European hydrogen aircraft fleet of around 100 aircraft would be required to operate the projected traffic in 2035, growing to over 3,500 aircraft by 2050. Airbus has an ambition to develop the world’s first commercial clean-sheet-designed hydrogen aircraft by 2035, which is in line with wider industry projections and ambitions and with the date we have assumed for the introduction of commercial hydrogen aircraft within our assessment.
