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<h1>Airbus to test hydrogen-fueled engine on A380 jet</h1>
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<div class="info">Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN • Published 25th February 2022</div>
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<img class="center" src="/images/a380.jpg" alt="A380 side view">
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<strong>(CNN)</strong> — Airbus just moved one step closer to launching the world's first zero-emission commercial
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aircraft by 2035.
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The French aircraft maker has announced plans to test hydrogen fuel technology using a modified version of one of
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its A380 jetliners, which were discontinued last year.
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Airbus has partnered with CFM International, a joint venture between GE and Safran Aircraft Engines, on the hugely
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significant hydrogen demonstration program.
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The plane manufacturer will use an "A380 flying testbed fitted with liquid hydrogen tanks" to trial propulsion
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technology for its future hydrogen aircraft.
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<h2>'Flight laboratory'</h2>
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"Our ambition is to take this (A380) aircraft and add a stub in between the rear doors at the upper level," says
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Glenn Llewellyn, vice president for zero emission aircraft at Airbus, in a video posted on the Airbus YouTube
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channel. "That stub will have on the end of it a hydrogen powered gas turbine."
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Related content - How close are we to guilt-free flying?
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He goes on to explain that the aircraft will be fitted with hydrogen storage and hydrogen distribution, which will
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feed its engine with the chemical element.
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According to Llewellyn, the aim of the "flight laboratory" is to learn more about hydrogen propulsion systems in
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real ground and flight conditions, thus enabling Airbus to press on with its plans for a zero-emission aircraft in
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just over a decade.
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Test flights are currently estimated to take place in 2026, provided everything goes to plan. The news comes over a
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year after Airbus unveiled three hydrogen-based concepts under the ZEROe banner.
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alt="A rendering of the A380 flight test platform, which will put hydrogen combustion technology to the test.">
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"This is the most significant step undertaken at Airbus to usher in a new era of hydrogen-powered flight since the
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unveiling of our ZEROe concepts back in September 2020," Sabine Klauke, chief technical officer for Airbus, said in
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a statement.
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"By leveraging the expertise of American and European engine manufacturers to make progress on hydrogen combustion
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technology, this international partnership sends a clear message that our industry is committed to making
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zero-emission flight a reality."
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<h2>Guilt-free flying?</h2>
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Aviation generates 2.8% of global CO2 emissions, and the global fuel consumption by commercial airlines reached 95
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billion gallons in 2019.
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The global aviation industry has pledged to slash emissions to half their 2005 levels by 2050.
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CNN's Paul Sillers also contributed to this report
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