Delta and Airbus Partner for Sustainable Future of Aviation at CES 2025
Key Ideas
- Delta and Airbus collaborate on advancing aviation through technology solutions, including sustainable aviation fuel production and innovative flight techniques.
- Airbus commits to joining the Minnesota SAF Hub to scale sustainable aviation fuel and reduce the airline industry's carbon footprint.
- Delta and Airbus aim to revolutionize the future of flying by exploring hydrogen-powered aircraft and other innovative breakthroughs for a sustainable future of flight.
- The partnership focuses on optimizing fuel efficiency, testing formation flying techniques, and embracing sustainable fuel sources like SAF, hydrogen, and electric for a more sustainable future of flight.
Delta and Airbus announced a key partnership at CES 2025 to shape the future of aviation by advancing next-generation technologies. The collaboration includes exploring wing performance, fuel efficiency, and superconductivity through Delta's Sustainable Skies Lab and Airbus' innovation labs. Delta will participate in testing Airbus' fello'fly technique in 2025 to improve fuel efficiency. Airbus will join the Minnesota SAF Hub to scale sustainable aviation fuel production, an essential step in decarbonizing the airline industry. Both companies are committed to reducing carbon emissions and exploring innovative breakthroughs, such as hydrogen-powered aircraft through the Airbus ZEROe project. The partnership aims to revolutionize the future of flying by optimizing fuel efficiency, testing formation flying techniques, and embracing sustainable fuel sources like SAF, hydrogen, and electric for a more sustainable future of flight. Delta and Airbus envision a more sustainable and connected future of aviation, focusing on industry collaboration to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.