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. The implementation of this project includes several phases:įrom 2023: deployment of a hydrogen gas distribution station at Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport. Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport (VINCI Airports' center of excellence for innovation) has been chosen as the pilot airport by the partners. This partnership reflects the three groups' shared ambition to combine their respective expertise to support the decarbonization of air travel.
The airport of Lyon-Saint Exupéry (France) will host the first installations as early as 2023. PARIS-( BUSINESS WIRE)-Regulatory News:Īirbus, Air Liquide (Paris:AI) and VINCI Airports, three major players in the aviation, hydrogen and airport industries, are working together to promote the use of hydrogen at airports and build the European airport network to accommodate future hydrogen aircrafts.