Delta partners with Airbus for sustainable aviation initiatives

The collaboration between Delta's Sustainable Skies Lab and Airbus' innovation labs focuses on early-stage technology solutions for future aviation. The two companies will explore various technologies such as wing performance, superconductivity, and advanced aircraft assistance.

Delta will actively participate in designing experiments and testing early-stage features on its fleet. Later this year, Delta will join Airbus' fello'fly test flight, which aims to reduce fuel consumption by utilizing wake energy retrieval inspired by migrating geese.

Airbus is also joining the Minnesota SAF Hub to scale SAF production and replace conventional jet fuel. Julie Kitcher, Chief Sustainability Officer at Airbus, stated: "With Delta, we are redefining the future of aviation."

The partnership extends to exploring hydrogen-powered aircraft through the Airbus ZEROe project and other innovative projects like DragonFly and HyPower under Airbus UpNext.

Michael Augello, CEO of Airbus UpNext, highlighted their goals: "We want to demonstrate the operability and integration of the system...climbing to 25,000 ft and flying for one hour with 10kg of gaseous hydrogen on board."