Airlines are starting to move (perhaps not as quickly as circumstances warrant) to decarbonize the industry. Apart from new fuels and tests with green hydrogen engines, a well-known company in Spain, Air Nostrum announced that it has purchased a dozen airships to deploy on many of its domestic routes.. An ecological and quiet mode of transport that will cross the skies of Spain again after more than a century.
Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) is the British company that created these airships and confirmed that it will start its commercial life in Spain by signing an agreement with Air Nostrum, which is dedicated to short-haul domestic flights both in Spain and between our country. and Foreign.
Agreement signed between both companies, Purchase of 10 Airlander 10san impressive airship that is currently awaiting certification, which is expected to happen soon.
Once this procedure is complete, by 2026, ten Airlander 10s will be operational for domestic use across Spain.
But what is this plane? Is it exactly the same as what we see in old movies and documentaries? The answer is basically yes, but it embodies all the advancements in technology and security that have emerged in the long century after it has been obsolete.
this Airlander 10 is a modern helium-fueled airship incorporating both aircraft and helicopter technologies. The helium-filled fuselage reduces the fuel consumption required to keep the device in the air by up to 90% compared to a conventional aircraft.
What distances can you fly? The autonomy of the completely empty aircraft is not less than 7,400 kilometers, and the maximum speed is 130 km/h. However, these figures are achieved with the internal combustion engines currently used by this model. But By 2025, the company plans to release a hybrid configuration that will serve as a bridge to an all-electric motorization by 2030. These motors will obviously not have the performance of thermal motors and will reduce their performance. Autonomy up to 350 kilometers.
But it’s still a very attractive distance for airlines dedicated to providing domestic services between relatively close cities or the islands of the two archipelagos.
You won’t need big airports
Features allow take off and landing in confined spacesProviding the transfer of up to 100 passengers to regions where airport facilities are not available. Passengers would be accommodated in a spacious cabin that did not require pressure when flying at low altitudes and was unaffected by vibrations caused by the engines.
“We are exploring all the ways available to us to reduce our carbon footprint. It’s something we’ve been doing for many years. this Airlander 10 will significantly reduce emissions and that’s why we came to this agreement with HAV. Positive for all, sustainability is already an essential reality in the daily life of commercial aviation, and agreements like this are an effective way to achieve the decarbonisation goals set out in the ‘Fit for 55’ legislative initiative,” explained Carlos Bartomeu, president of Air Nostrum.
“Airlander 10 is designed to deliver a better future of sustainable air services, enable new transport networks and offer our customers rapid growth options,” said Tom Grundy, general manager of Hybrid Air Vehicles, the aircraft manufacturer. customers. Our partnership with Air Nostrum Group as the launch airline of Airlander 10 points the way to that future.”
“Countries such as France, Denmark, Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom Ambitious targets for decarbonizing domestic and short-haul flights, Hybrid Air Vehicles and Air Nostrum partners show us how we can get there and how we can get there as quickly as possible. We are getting ready to start production of Airlander in 2022. This will create thousands of jobs directly in the company and in our innovative supply chain,” adds Grundy.
At Air Nostrum, they believe this airship’s features make it “an ideal vehicle to cover many of the most important routes on Spanish soil”. But you also think that: logistics services, leisure travel, and even surveillance.
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Source: Informacion
