Aviation in transition

The Recovery and Resilience Facility contributes EUR 68.5 million to this project. Aviation in transition aims at making the Dutch aviation sector sustainable by removing bottlenecks related to the scale-up of technologies for the use of hydrogen as an energy carrier in aircrafts.

Support is provided for the design for a hydrogen combustion turbofan 'H2-turbofan Ombouw', design of the hydrogen fuel cell electric propulsion system for application on CS-23 certifiable aircraft, and the establishment of a sustainable aviation think tank - Flying Vision - in which Dutch aviation research institutes, airlines and airports as well as international aircraft original equipment manufacturers shall be represented.

The investment is expected to be completed by 31 December 2025