23 May 2019: Airbus and SAS Scandinavian Airlines have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for hybrid and electric aircraft eco-system and infrastructure requirements research. The collaboration will begin from June 2019 and will continue until the end of 2020.
The MoU was signed by Goran Jansson, Deputy President EVP Strategy & Ventures, Scandinavian Airlines and Grazia Vittadini, Chief Technology Officer, Airbus.
According to the agreement, SAS Scandinavian Airlines and Airbus will work together on a joint research project to improve understanding of the infrastructural and operational opportunities and problems involved with introducing full electric and hybrid aircraft on a large scale to airlines modus operandi. The scope of the project includes five work packages, which looks into analysing the impact of ground infrastructure and charging on range, resources, time and availability at airports.
The collaboration also consist of a plan