He said that the availability of clean electricity is important to the project . They plan to develop systems to make their fuel at airports , mitigating the need for gasoline-based fuel transportation to airports for regional flights .
ZeroAvia is partnered with Shell Energy to help develop sustainable aviation fuel ( SAF ), a company goal for Shell to decarbonize air travel by 2050 .
Miftakhov said the Q400 is suitable for retrofitting powertrain work because “ It is the most recently designed in that market . It is the one used by Alaska and other carriers . We have a partnership with De Havilland Canada , with support from the aircraft manufacturer , to get the products to market .”
Currently , ZeroAvia has two engine programs for different segments and aircraft sizes . The smaller engine is for smaller commercial aircraft with 10-20 seats , such as the widespread Cessna Caravan model , and is targeted for launch in 2025 .
Once that has been implemented , they will go to a larger engine aircraft , 40- 80 seats in size . They are working on “ expanding the applicability ” of their product into regional jets . With the Q400 , as well as propeller planes , they will implement the system .
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