Kamfanin kera jiragen na Turai, Airbus, na rage jarin da yake zubawa a cikin shirin jirgin mai amfani da hydrogen bayan kashe kusan dala biliyan biyu.
Kamfanin ya sanar a shekarar 2020 manufarsa ta bullo da wani jirgi mai amfani da hydrogen nan da shekarar 2035, wanda ake ganin zai zama wani muhimmin ci gaba ga bangaren sufurin jiragen sama.
Duk da haka, wasu shugabannin masana'antu sun nuna shakku game da shirye-shiryen fasahar a kan lokaci. A cewar majiyoyin da ke da masaniya kan lamarin, Airbus ya riga ya zuba jarin sama da dala biliyan 1.7 a cikin aikin amma ya tabbatar a cikin shekarar da ta gabata cewa kalubalen fasaha da kuma tafiyar hawainiyar samar da hydrogen a cikin faffadan tattalin arziki za su kawo cikas wajen cimma burin da aka sa gaba.
A farkon watan Fabrairu, Airbus ya sanar da ma'aikatansa cewa za a rage kasafin kudin aikin tare da dage lokacinsa, a cewar majiyoyin. Ba a samar da jadawalin da aka sake fasalin ba.

Daga baya a wannan watan, Shugaba Guillaume Faury, wanda a baya ya siffanta shirin hydrogen a matsayin "lokacin tarihi," ya yarda cewa wannan yunƙurin bai haifar da wani jirgin sama na kasuwanci ba. An ba da rahoton cewa ya bayyana cewa injiniyoyi za su buƙaci komawa zuwa allon zane don madauki na biyu na ci gaba.
Yunkurin Airbus na shiga dozin jiragen sama da filayen jirgin sama sama da 200 a cikin binciken haɗin gwiwar hydrogen ya haifar da damuwa, yayin da shugabannin kamfanonin jiragen sama da masu samar da kayayyaki ke bayyana shakku a cikin sirri game da manufar 2035. A abokin takararsa na Amurka Boeing, wanda ya dade yana shakku game da hydrogen, shugabannin zartarwa sun tabo batutuwa game da aminci da shirye-shiryen fasahar.
Kungiyar Tarayyar Turai (EU) ta bukaci bangaren zirga-zirgar jiragen sama da su dena iskar gas karkashin Green Deal, wanda ke da nufin cimma matsaya game da yanayi na kungiyar nan da shekara ta 2050. Airbus, wanda wani bangare mallakar gwamnatin Faransa ne, an wajabta shi don ware wani kaso na Euro biliyan 15 (fiye da dala biliyan 16) COVID-era ceto ga ci gaban jirgin sama 'green'.
Rahotanni sun nuna cewa shirin hydrogen ya baiwa Airbus damar samun karin tallafin jama'a da masu zaman kansu. Janyewar yana faruwa ne yayin da sha'awar hydrogen gabaɗaya ke raguwa, tare da kamfanoni irin su babban mai BP da masana'antar Finnish Neste sun yi watsi da shirin aikin hydrogen.
Bugu da kari, da yawa daga cikin fitattun kamfanonin makamashi na Turai suna sake tantance dabarunsu saboda tsadar kayayyaki da kalubale wajen kauracewa albarkatun mai.