Clean Aviation

🔝 🛫 Wrapping up an inspiring Day 2 at #CAAF2025! Today, industry leaders and innovators shared their vision for the future of aviation, highlighting the crucial steps needed to accelerate decarbonisation. 🔹 Florian Guillermet (EASA - European Union Aviation Safety Agency), reinforced the importance of collaboration with the industry to shaping the certification framework for future aviation technologies. The demonstration phase under Clean Aviation plays a crucial role in this process, but a shift in mindset is needed. Embracing digitalisation in certification procedures will be essential to streamline approvals and accelerate innovation 🔹 Daniel Cuchet (ATR) emphasised that a regional market mindset is essential. Testing and demonstrating different solutions is the only way to determine what truly works. Clean Aviation projects stand as a great example of this approach, driving real-world innovation through hands-on experimentation. 🔹 Val Miftakhov (ZeroAvia) demonstrated how hydrogen-powered flight is moving from concept to reality, paving the way for zero-emission aviation. 🤝🌠𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐭-𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 ✨Thanks to Magali Minet for facilitating such insightful discussions today! #CleanAviation #Innovation #Research #technology #HorizonEU #FP10

'EU aviation leadership requires collaborative research, partnerships and test facilities to support the entire R&I chain. We need money, time and dedication to develop technologies on breakthrough topics with high risk to fail' #CAAF2025 EREA - European Research Establishments in Aeronautics Chair Antonio Blandini CIRA - Italian Aerospace Research Centre

✨ Delighted to have participated in the Clean Aviation Annual Forum, where discussions reinforced a clear vision: #innovation, #collaboration, and #sustainability are the pillars of Europe’s aviation future. 🌍✈️   A key takeaway? 💡 Competitiveness and sustainability are interdependent. To stay at the forefront, coordinated efforts across EU institutions, Member States, and industry stakeholders are essential. Public-private partnerships like Clean Aviation JU will not only accelerate technological progress but also foster a cohesive innovation ecosystem, ensuring sustainable economic growth.   Through strategic investments in R&D, a supportive regulatory environment, and engagement with startups, Europe is well-positioned to lead a new era of clean, competitive aviation.   #CleanAviation #CAAF2025 #Innovation

Innovation at the heart of Clean Aviation and #Europe ! I was honoured to speak this morning at #CAAF2025 about #Startups and SMEs' crucial role in accelerating aviation’s clean & competitive transition, bringing agility, fresh perspectives, collaborative framework, and breakthrough products and technologies to the table. 🎤 With Ascendance ‘s example, I shared insights on how SMEs are driving disruptive innovation in sustainable aviation and how we move faster working with partners having different sizes ✈️ From hybrid-electric propulsion to advanced aircraft designs, Clean Aviation’s SME members are strongly contributing to shape the future. Thank you Axel Krein for the invitation #CleanAviation #CAAF2025 #Innovation #Technology #SMEs #hybridelectric #Ascendance

"Why is hydrogen so crucial for sustainable aviation?" "It is the best energy carrier to deliver electric propulsion for large commercial aircraft and we absolutely must get to non-combustion propulsion solutions to be truly sustainable. Fuel cells also offer greater efficiency and superior economics. Crucially, it’s not a solution that is 2035 and beyond. We are talking about 2026 for the first commercial routes and the technology and infrastructure will scale from there." "The best way to do it, is to just do it. Start with Part 23, make tangible things happen and then convince people that the technology and infrastructure are possible.” ZeroAvia CEO Val Miftakhov addresses the Clean Aviation Annual Forum in Brussels, joining a panel alongside Sabine Klauke (CTO, Airbus), Eric Dalbiès (CTO, Safran), Florian Guillermet (Executive Director, EASA) and Marco Protti (Head of Advanced Research, Leonardo).

Today our Executive Director Andreas Boschen joins conversation at Clean Aviation #CAAF2025 about the future of #AviationResearch and the role of #ATM in shaping a sustainable airspace, reducing emissions and enhancing European aviation efficiency 💚🌍🇪🇺✈️ We are excited to continue collaborating with Clean Aviation and contributing to the global effort to modernise aviation and drive a greener, more efficient future for our skies! #SustainableAviation #AirTrafficMangement #DigitalSky #SESAR #AviationTechnology #FutureOfAviation

✨ Delighted to have participated in the Clean Aviation Annual Forum, where discussions reinforced a clear vision: #innovation, #collaboration, and #sustainability are the pillars of Europe’s aviation future. 🌍✈️   A key takeaway? 💡 Competitiveness and sustainability are interdependent. To stay at the forefront, coordinated efforts across EU institutions, Member States, and industry stakeholders are essential. Public-private partnerships like Clean Aviation JU will not only accelerate technological progress but also foster a cohesive innovation ecosystem, ensuring sustainable economic growth.   Through strategic investments in R&D, a supportive regulatory environment, and engagement with startups, Europe is well-positioned to lead a new era of clean, competitive aviation.   #CleanAviation #CAAF2025 #Innovation

📢 💡 Yesterday Axel Krein and Sébastien Dubois met with Ekaterina Zaharieva, and aviation start-ups such as Heart Aerospace, AURA-AERO, Ascendance, Elysian Aircraft, VÆRIDION and Fokker Next Gen to discuss the need to support SMEs through the ''Valley of Death'' and develop the EU champions of tomorrow, enabling innovation for disruptive technologies in #Europe. Clean Aviation and SESAR Joint Undertaking, with the support of the whole system, are developing an aeronautics R&I strategy for Europe covering the full range of #TRL and all aircraft segments which will strive to position aeronautics as a strategic sector in the coming months, contributing to EU technological #sovereignty, #competitiveness and #sustainable flight. #CAAF2025 #Research #Innovation #HorizonEU #FP10

🟢Spotlight on SMEs: Innovation at the heart of Clean Aviation! 🔆 #Startups and SMEs play a crucial role in accelerating aviation’s clean & competitive transition, bringing agility, fresh perspectives, and breakthrough technologies to the table. 🎤 Today at #CAAF2025, Jean-Christophe Lambert, CEO & Co-founder of Ascendance, took the stage to share insights on how SMEs are driving disruptive innovation in sustainable aviation. 💬 "𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕-𝒖𝒑𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒚, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒔." From hybrid-electric propulsion to advanced aircraft designs, Clean Aviation’s SME members are shaping the future. Their role is not just complementary—it’s essential! #CleanAviation #CAAF2025 #Innovation #Technology #SMEs

💯 🔝 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟐 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡! 💡 After a bold first day focused on EU aviation strategy and #policy, today’s discussions shift towards the cutting-edge #technologies, #research, and #collaborations shaping the next generation of sustainable aviation. 🛫 From disruptive aircraft concepts to #hydrogen and hybrid-electric propulsion, experts from industry and academia are driving the innovation needed to make climate-neutral aviation a reality. 👉 "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐅𝐏𝟏𝟎 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥. 𝐖𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜-𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 (𝐏𝐏𝐏𝐬) 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐚 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐖𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬." - Sabine Klauke, CTO, Airbus. #CleanAviation #CAAF2025 #Innovation