Universal Hydrogen, Japan Airlines and JAL Engineering sign MoU to bring hydrogen-powered flight to Japan
In California, Universal Hydrogen announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (JAL) and JAL Engineering Co. (JALEC) to bring hydrogen-powered flight to Japan.
Rod Williams, Chief Commercial Officer of Universal Hydrogen, said: “JAL joins other major global airlines to be interested in Universal Hydrogen’s ATR retrofit conversion kit solution to replace their regional fleet, and combined with our hydrogen ecosystem collaborations, we are bringing a complete solution to the JAL regional network.”
The MoU further sees both JAL and JALEC provide their input on the technical design and development of the conversion kits and the overall hydrogen value chain in Japan, Universal Hydrogen said.
This input complements the work Universal Hydrogen is doing alongside investors Sojitz and Mitsubishi HC Capital Inc. as well. Collectively, the parties have spent the last several months studying green hydrogen supply and logistics solutions for Japanese airlines to scale their utilization of hydrogen-powered aircraft in the very near-term. This is being done by identifying, evaluating, and qualifying local hydrogen suppliers and partners for hydrogen production, hydrogen module filling, module delivery operations, and more.
Category: Hydrogen
