The aviation industry faces increasing pressure to reduce its environmental impact, and hydrogen has emerged as a promising technology to achieve sustainable flight. This report provides a market and technology forecast for hydrogen infrastructure in aviation up to 2033. Technological advancements are rapidly occurring across the hydrogen value chain, from production and storage to transportation and refuelling. Short-range hydrogen-powered aircraft could potentially enter service by 2035. Governments and regulatory bodies are increasingly providing support through initiatives and policies to drive the adoption of hydrogen in aviation. Despite the considerable opportunities, significant challenges remain in terms of technological development, infrastructure build-out, and cost reduction.
The urgent need for decarbonization across all sectors, including aviation, is driven by growing concerns about environmental health and the imperative to meet global climate goals. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions from their operations by 2050. Hydrogen stands out as a compelling alternative fuel for aviation, offering the potential for zero direct carbon emissions from aircraft operations. A key advantage of hydrogen is its high energy-to-mass ratio, which is particularly beneficial for aerospace applications. Recent innovations include the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) achievement in increasing fuel cell power density by 20% in March 2024, enhancing their suitability for passenger aircraft. In June 2024, Airbus and a leading fuel cell manufacturer unveiled a prototype with improved coatings and membrane technologies, significantly extending fuel cell lifespan. Collaborative efforts are also gaining momentum.
In response to the escalating demand for hydrogen in aviation, Amsterdam-based Market Forecast has published a comprehensive report, "Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation - Market and Technology Forecast to 2033." This study aims to provide readers with an in-depth understanding of the latest developments within this rapidly evolving sector, encompassing both market trends and technological advancements crucial for the implementation of hydrogen-powered aircraft.
Covered in this study
- Market forecasts: Detailed market size projections for each Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation type from 2025 to 2033, segmented by Region, Type, Application and End User
- Technology Roadmaps: In-depth analysis of the technological evolution, challenges, and breakthroughs anticipated for each Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation applications.
- Procurement Insights: Examination of procurement strategies, trends, and forecasts for both commercial sectors
- Regional Analysis: Uncovering region-specific regulatory environments, infrastructure development, and market opportunities
- Competitive Landscape: Overview of key players, innovators, and new entrants shaping the future of Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation
Segmentation
The market is segmented in regions and Infrastructure Components
Region
- North America
- Europe
- Asia-Pacific
- Middle East and Africa
- Latin America
Infrastructure Components
- Production
- Storage
- Transportation
- Airport Distribution
Reasons to buy
- Determine prospective investment areas based on a detailed trend analysis of the global Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation Market over the next eight years.
- Gain in-depth understanding about the underlying factors driving demand for different systems segments in the top spending countries across the world and identify the opportunities offered by each of them
- Strengthen your understanding of the market in terms of demand drivers, industry trends, and the latest technological developments, among others
- Identify the major channels that are driving the global Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation business, providing a clear picture about future opportunities that can be tapped, resulting in revenue expansion
- Channelize resources by focusing on the ongoing programs that are being undertaken by the ministries of different countries within the Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation Market
- Make correct business decisions based on thorough analysis of the total competitive landscape of the sector with detailed profiles of the top systems providers around the world which include information about their products, alliances, recent contract wins and financial analysis wherever available
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1 Executive Summary
1.1 Trends and Insights
1.2 Main Findings
1.2.1 Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market summary by Region
1.2.2 Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market summary by Infrastructure Components
1.3 Key Conclusions
2 Introduction
2.1 Scope
2.2 Methodology
2.2.1 Data Collection and Sources
2.2.2 Market Forecasting Model
2.2.3 Hydrogen Transportation Cost Calculation
2.2.4 Infrastructure Development and Deployment Modelling
2.2.5 Validation and Cross-Verification
2.3 Who will benefit from this study?
3 Technologies and Developments
3.1 Technology overview
3.2 Types of Technologies
3.2.1 Role of Cryogenic Technology
3.2.2 Hydrogen Aircraft Design And Infrastructure Requirements
4 Critical Raw Materials
5 Market Overview
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Current Market Overview
5.2.1 Global aviation industry's current energy consumption patterns and carbon footprint
5.2.2 Existing hydrogen infrastructure landscape in aviation
5.2.3 Regional market variations and regulatory frameworks affecting hydrogen adoption
5.2.4 Regional market variations and regulatory frameworks affecting hydrogen adoption
5.3 Current Market Size and Growth Projections
5.4 Risk Assessment
5.5 Research and Development
5.5.1 Research and Development in the US
5.5.2 Research and Development in the European Union
5.5.3 Research and Development in the Asia-Pacific
5.6 Investment Requirements
5.7 Market Assessment for Business Development Managers
5.8 Market Assessment for Government and Commercial Buyers
5.9 Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market volume distribution over forecast period by Region
5.9.1 Main Market Players Overview
5.9.2 Leading Products
5.9.3 Recent Contracts Overview
5.9.4 Main Customers Overview
5.9.5 Supply Chain Overview
6 Market Dynamics and Forecast Factors
6.1 Market Segmentation
6.2 Drivers
6.3 Trends
6.4 Opportunities
6.5 Challenges
6.6 Forecast factors and Market Impact
6.6.1 Base Scenario
6.6.2 Growth Scenario
7 Country Analysis
7.1 Overview
7.2 Countries in North America
7.3 Countries in Europe
7.4 Countries in Asia Pacific
7.5 Countries in Latin America
7.6 Countries in Middle East and Africa
8 Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Region
8.1 Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market by Region overview
8.2 Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market Region by Infrastructure Components overview
8.2.1 North America market by Infrastructure Components overview
8.2.2 Europe market by Infrastructure Components overview
8.2.3 Asia-Pacific market by Infrastructure Components overview
8.2.4 Middle-East & Africa market by Infrastructure Components overview
8.2.5 Latin America market by Infrastructure Components overview
9 Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Infrastructure Components
9.1 Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market by Infrastructure Components overview
9.2 Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market Infrastructure Components by Region overview
9.2.1 Market by Region overview
9.2.2 Market by Region overview
9.2.3 Storage market by Region overview
9.2.4 Market by Region overview
10 Growth Scenario
10.1 Growth Scenario
10.1.1 Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market summary by Region
10.1.2 Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market summary by Infrastructure Components
11 Leading Companies
11.1 Airbus SE (Group)
11.1.1 Introduction
11.1.2 Products and Services
11.1.3 Recent Contracts and Developments
11.1.4 SWOT Analysis
11.2 Blue Spirit Aero
11.2.1 Introduction
11.2.2 Products and Services
11.2.3 Recent Contracts and Developments
11.2.4 SWOT Analysis
11.3 China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corporation Ltd
11.3.1 Introduction
11.3.2 Products and Services
11.3.3 Recent Contracts and Developments
11.3.4 SWOT Analysis
11.4 Dassault Aviation
11.4.1 Introduction
11.4.2 Products and Services
11.4.3 Recent Contracts and Developments
11.4.4 SWOT Analysis
11.5 Embraer
11.5.1 Introduction
11.5.2 Products and Services
11.5.3 Recent Contracts and Developments
11.5.4 SWOT Analysis
11.6 Joby Aviation
11.6.1 Introduction
11.6.2 Products and Services
11.6.3 Recent Developments and Contracts
11.6.4 SWOT Analysis
11.7 MTU Aero Engines AG
11.7.1 Introduction
11.7.2 Products and Services
11.7.3 Recent Contracts and Developments
11.7.4 SWOT Analysis
11.8 Safran S.A.
11.8.1 Introduction
11.8.2 Products and Services
11.8.3 Recent Contracts and Developments
11.8.4 SWOT Analysis
11.9 The Boeing Company
11.9.1 Introduction
11.9.2 Products and Services
11.9.3 Recent Contracts and Developments
11.9.4 SWOT Analysis
11.10 Topsoe
11.10.1 Introduction
11.10.2 Products and Services
11.10.3 Recent Contracts and Developments
11.10.4 SWOT Analysis
11.11 TotalEnergies
11.11.1 Introduction
11.11.2 Products and Services
11.11.3 Recent Contracts and Developments
11.11.4 SWOT Analysis
11.12 ZeroAvia
11.12.1 Introduction
11.12.2 Products and Services
11.12.3 Recent Contracts and Developments
11.12.4 SWOT Analysis
11.13 Other companies of interest
11.13.1 Everfuel
11.13.2 Galp Energia
11.13.3 GreenSinnergy
11.13.4 Norwegian Hydrogen
11.13.5 Saudi Aramco
11.13.6 Verbund
12 Results and Conclusions
13 About Market Forecast
13.1 General
13.2 Contact us
13.3 Disclaimer
13.4 License
Appendix A: Companies Mentioned
Appendix B: Abbreviations
List of figures
Figure 1: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market summary by Region
Figure 2: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation Size by Region
Figure 3: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation CAGR by Region in US$ millions
Figure 4: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market summary by Infrastructure Components
Figure 5: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation Size by Infrastructure Components
Figure 6: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation CAGR by Infrastructure Components in US$ millions
Figure 7: Critical Raw Materials producing countries
Figure 8: Critical Raw Materials dependence [%] and volume [Mt] by producing countries
Figure 9: Certification Readiness of the expected architectures for hydrogen on aircraft
Figure 10: Market volume distribution over the forecast period by region
Figure 11: LH2-ISO-Container (HYLICS)
Figure 12: Poseidon 20MW process module
Figure 13: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation - Supply Chain Flowchart
Figure 14: Market Segmentation and Sub Segmentation Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation Market
Figure 15: Subscale Nimble Sparrow-H
Figure 16: Liquid hydrogen test facility
Figure 17: Hydrogen hub
Figure 18: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Region [US$ millions]
Figure 19: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Region %
Figure 20: North America Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Infrastructure Components
Figure 21: North America - Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Infrastructure Components
Figure 22: Europe Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Infrastructure Components
Figure 23: Europe - Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Infrastructure Components
Figure 24: Asia-Pacific Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Infrastructure Components
Figure 25: Asia-Pacific - Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Infrastructure Components
Figure 26: Middle-East & Africa Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Infrastructure Components
Figure 27: Middle-East & Africa - Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Infrastructure Components
Figure 28: Latin America Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Infrastructure Components
Figure 29: Latin America - Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Infrastructure Components
Figure 30: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Infrastructure Components [US$ millions]
Figure 31: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Infrastructure Components %
Figure 32: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Region
Figure 33: - Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Region
Figure 34: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Region
Figure 35: - Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Region
Figure 36: Storage Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Region
Figure 37: Storage - Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Region
Figure 38: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Region
Figure 39: - Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Region
Figure 40: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market summary by Region
Figure 41: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation Size by Region
Figure 42: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation CAGR by Region in US$ millions
Figure 43: Market volumes over the forecast period per region
Figure 44: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market summary by Infrastructure Components
Figure 45: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation Size by Infrastructure Components
Figure 46: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation CAGR by Infrastructure Components in US$ millions
List of tables
Figure 1: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market summary by Region
Figure 2: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation Size by Region
Figure 3: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation CAGR by Region in US$ millions
Figure 4: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market summary by Infrastructure Components
Figure 5: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation Size by Infrastructure Components
Figure 6: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation CAGR by Infrastructure Components in US$ millions
Figure 7: Critical Raw Materials producing countries
Figure 8: Critical Raw Materials dependence [%] and volume [Mt] by producing countries
Figure 9: Certification Readiness of the expected architectures for hydrogen on aircraft
Figure 10: Market volume distribution over the forecast period by region
Figure 11: LH2-ISO-Container (HYLICS)
Figure 12: Poseidon 20MW process module
Figure 13: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation - Supply Chain Flowchart
Figure 14: Market Segmentation and Sub Segmentation Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation Market
Figure 15: Subscale Nimble Sparrow-H
Figure 16: Liquid hydrogen test facility
Figure 17: Hydrogen hub
Figure 18: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Region [US$ millions]
Figure 19: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Region %
Figure 20: North America Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Infrastructure Components
Figure 21: North America - Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Infrastructure Components
Figure 22: Europe Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Infrastructure Components
Figure 23: Europe - Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Infrastructure Components
Figure 24: Asia-Pacific Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Infrastructure Components
Figure 25: Asia-Pacific - Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Infrastructure Components
Figure 26: Middle-East & Africa Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Infrastructure Components
Figure 27: Middle-East & Africa - Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Infrastructure Components
Figure 28: Latin America Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Infrastructure Components
Figure 29: Latin America - Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Infrastructure Components
Figure 30: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Infrastructure Components [US$ millions]
Figure 31: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Infrastructure Components %
Figure 32: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Region
Figure 33: - Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Region
Figure 34: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Region
Figure 35: - Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Region
Figure 36: Storage Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Region
Figure 37: Storage - Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Region
Figure 38: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Region
Figure 39: - Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market to 2033 by Region
Figure 40: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market summary by Region
Figure 41: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation Size by Region
Figure 42: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation CAGR by Region in US$ millions
Figure 43: Market volumes over the forecast period per region
Figure 44: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation market summary by Infrastructure Components
Figure 45: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation Size by Infrastructure Components
Figure 46: Hydrogen Infrastructure for Aviation CAGR by Infrastructure Components in US$ millions
Air Liquide
Airbus Hydrogen
Alaka’i Technologies
Boeing
Conscious Aerospace
GKN Aerospace
Gardner Aerospace
Hexagon Purus
Honeywell Aerospace
Joby Aviation
Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Linde plc
MTU Aero Engines
Nel Hydrogen
Plug Power
Rolls-Royce
Safran
Shell Aviation
Thales
ZeroAvia
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