The Stralis Aircraft team and consortia partners Skytrans Airlines and Aviation Australia announced that the company now is one of 12 recipients to receive a grant via the Emerging Aviation Technology Partnerships (EATP) Program – an Australian Government initiative. This outcome bolsters the belief in decarbonised flight and hydrogen-electric aircraft manufacturing in Queensland.
The funding will support Stralis to convert conventional single-engine Beechcraft A36 Bonanza, known as “Bonnie”, into a 200kW Hydrogen-Electric (H-E) aircraft to demonstrate the benefits and capabilities of this zero-carbon emissions propulsion technology. Company will fly Bonnie in 2025, the first piloted H-E flight in the Southern Hemisphere, the Stralis Aircraft stated.
Stralis is designing and building 15 and 50-seat hydrogen-electric aircraft that will achieve 50% lower operating costs due to maintenance and fuel savings and will service commercial routes up to a 3000km range. The demand for profitable decarbonised travel and world-class passenger experiences is evidenced by our flight partner commitments from 10 airlines across Australia, New Zealand, Asia, the USA, and Europe.
“Some of these latest projects will explore how emerging aviation can support farmers and unlock manufacturing opportunities in Australia, as well as how we can make this technology lower cost and more sustainable – to make them more widely accessible for communities”, said Assistant Minister for Regional Development & Education, Senator Anthony Chisolm.
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