An A380 On Hydrogen As Part of Airbus' ZEROe project, an A380 is to be repurposed as a hydrogen propulsion flight laboratory for the first time. Four tanks carrying liquid hydrogen will be Installed in a hermetically sealed container In the aircraft's rear fuselage, with the hydrogen supplying a modified GE Passport turbofan mounted on a stub between the two rear doors on the A380's upper fuselage. Airbus said this will enable the hydrogen engine's emissions and contrails in cruise flight to be monitored separately from those generated by the aircraft's four Rolls-Royce Trent 800s. Airbus plans that the A380 will fly with the hydrogen propulsion system "around the middle of this decade". The company's goal is to Introduce a zero-emissions aircraft to commercial service by 2035.
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