KLM and Transavia are working with Dutch Sustainable Aviation Professional Awareness Aerospace to collaborate in the development of hydrogen fuel cell-based propulsion systems.
The three parties signed a memorandum at the Paris Air Show to exchange operational and technical knowledge in the application of the fuel cell-based propulsion system of the DeHavilland Canada Dash 8 aircraft.
Rotterdam-based Conscious Aerospace is working on developing a large-scale retrofit program for regional aircraft using liquid hydrogen and fuel cell electric propulsion technology based on the CA2000 core powertrain.
Partners say the cooperation involves exchanging insights on seat and cargo design choices for optimal aircraft design optimization, taking into account potential markets and route networks. The maintenance and general operational cost estimates have also been improved to further identify the actual applications of aircraft equipped with CA powertrains.
“We are extremely pleased that KLM and Transavia have joined our program and provided valuable operator insights into the development of our CA propulsion systems. “Coupled with our existing partnerships with De Havilland in Canada and our supply chain partners, we have all stakeholders in the next phase of our development.”
“We are pleased to announce that we are committed to providing a range of services and services to providing services that are important to us,” said Barry Ter Voert, Chief Experience Officer at KLM.
It will be a week after KLM and Transavia launched a knowledge sharing initiative with Elysian aircraft to accelerate battery-electric aviation development. Elysian is developing the E9X, a battery-electric aircraft designed to carry 90 passengers.
