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Flying across the world from Europe to a destination such as Australia currently takes around 20 hours in a regular passenger jet.
But a Swiss start-up is looking to cut that journey time down to just over four hours - with a hypersonic, hydrogen-powered passenger jet.
Destinus has been testing its prototype aircraft for the past couple of years, announcing successful test flights of its second prototype - Eiger - at the end of 2022.
Now the company has announced participation in a programme run by Spain’s Ministry of Science, as part of the Spanish government’s plans to develop hydrogen-powered supersonic flights.
The agency overseeing the ministry's programme, the Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico e Industrial, selected the project as a strategic initiative under its Plan de Tecnologías Aeronáuticas (PTA).
With an overall current investment of €12 million, the project involves companies and technology centres as well as Spanish universities.
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Can't wait to be able to travel from Boston, MA, USA, to Haneda, Tokyo, Japan within 4 hours as well. It's around the same distance away.
But a Swiss start-up is looking to cut that journey time down to just over four hours - with a hypersonic, hydrogen-powered passenger jet.
Destinus has been testing its prototype aircraft for the past couple of years, announcing successful test flights of its second prototype - Eiger - at the end of 2022.
Now the company has announced participation in a programme run by Spain’s Ministry of Science, as part of the Spanish government’s plans to develop hydrogen-powered supersonic flights.
The agency overseeing the ministry's programme, the Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico e Industrial, selected the project as a strategic initiative under its Plan de Tecnologías Aeronáuticas (PTA).
With an overall current investment of €12 million, the project involves companies and technology centres as well as Spanish universities.
The hypersonic hydrogen-powered jet aiming to cut flights from Europe to Australia to just 4 hours
A Swiss start-up is partnering with a Spanish government programme to develop its hypersonic passenger planes.
Can't wait to be able to travel from Boston, MA, USA, to Haneda, Tokyo, Japan within 4 hours as well. It's around the same distance away.
