ZeroAvia CEO Company Vision

I started ZeroAvia because I believe we should all have the privilege to fly, but that's not going to be possible unless we change. The Wright Brothers created the single greatest cultural force since the invention of writing. Bill Gates has written that the airplane became the first worldwide web, bringing people, languages, ideas, and values together. Flying was once the impossible dream.

Once realised, it led to a golden era that made exploration and adventure accessible to millions. Then everything changed. Today the industry is a major contributor to the climate crisis, and carbon emissions from aviation are expected to be around a quarter of the world's total by 2050, and non-CO2 emissions from aviation are thought to be more than double the climate impact. The industry urgently needs cleaner ways to fly.

ZeroAvia is the leader in developing true zero-emission solutions for commercial aviation based on hydrogen-electric propulsion, where hydrogen fuel cells enable electric flight with no climate-impacting emissions, just water. Our first product is the ZA600, a zero-emission engine for 10 to 20 seat planes to fly passengers up to 300 nautical miles. Scaling the technology with the ZA2000 engine for 40 to 80 seat aircraft, allowing clean air travel on routes like Chicago to Washington DC or Rome to Madrid. Longer term, we're targeting a hydrogen-electric engine in every aircraft for the entirety of aviation, helping the world achieve truly clean flights using green hydrogen made from renewable energy and water, bringing back the magic and adventure of flying with none of the guilt.

A future where we can connect more, not less, where people can stay close, economies can thrive, and we can remember that more unites us than divides us.