American Airlines invests in ZeroAvia, hydrogen-electric engines [Video]

Popular US flight operator American Airlines is continuing its venture into more sustainable air travel by increasing its investment in Hydrogen-electric aviation technology developer ZeroAvia. Building off a previous Memorandum of Understanding, American has also (conditionally) committed to purchasing 100 hydrogen-electric plane engines from ZeroAvia for regional flights.

Over the last decade, ZeroAvia has grown from an obscure aviation startup to a bonafide sustainable plane technology developer that is soaring closer than ever to delivering commercial operations of hydrogen-electric planes.

The company is currently a few years away from its goal of delivering 40—to 80-seat aircraft with up to 700 miles of range by 2027 and has garnered the trust (and vital funding) of some heavy hitters in the segment to keep development going.

2023 included several new partnerships and a fresh round of funding led by Airbus, Barclays, and Saudi Arabia’s “living laboratory,” NEOM. In late November, ZeroAvia announced a deal to provide up …