VINCI Airports has launched a new partnership with Airbus and Air Liquide to promote the use of hydrogen at airports and build the European airport network to accommodate future hydrogen aircrafts.
Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport, which is VINCI Airports’ centre of excellence for innovation, has been chosen as the pilot airport by the partners.
The implementation of this project includes several phases:
- From 2023 – deployment of a hydrogen gas distribution station at Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport. This station will supply both the airport’s ground vehicles (airside buses, trucks, handling equipment, etc.) and those of its partners, as well as the heavy goods vehicles that drive around the airport. This first phase is essential to test the airport’s facilities and dynamics as a “hydrogen hub” in…