Stuttgart hydrogen aviation startup H2Fly announced that it had lifted an HY4 aircraft to an altitude of 2,203 m and beat
“This is an outstanding achievement for H2Fly.No other hydrogen-powered passenger aircraft has ever flown between two commercial airports. We are also very pleased to have set a new world record by flying our HY4 aircraft to such a height. We would like to thank our long-standing partners: Stuttgart Airport, Ulm University, Research Institute Stuttgart, Friedrichshafen Airport and AERO Friedrichshafen for their support in our mission to make sustainable travel a reality,” said Professor Dr. Josef Kallo, co-founder and CEO of H2Fly.
According to H2Fly, HY4 became the first in the worldhydrogen-electric passenger plane when it first took flight in 2016. The company completed a major funding round in April 2021.
HY4 is a four-seater aircraft powered byenvironmentally friendly fuel cell. The hydrogen reacts with oxygen and is converted into electricity and water. So the only emission is water, which is harmless compared to the carbon emissions from traditional aviation.
The founders of H2Fly believe that in the future, a modified hydrogen-electric aircraft will be able to carry up to 40 passengers over a distance of 2,000 km.
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