Stratus 9 eyes first US zero-emissions fractional ownership programme

Innovator in private aviation and fractional ownership Stratus 9 intends to launch the first zero-emissions fractional ownership programme in the United States. For this, it has announced plans to purchase 10 (with options for up to 15) of Cranfield Aerospace Solutions’ (CAeS) hydrogen propulsion conversion kits for the Britten-Norman Islander aircraft. The deal is valued at over $20 million. “To [fly clean,] we need to decarbonize aviation in a way that is technically and economically viable, which is why we started by fractionalizing existing aircraft that are underutilized,” said Zeeshan Moha, Co-CEO of Stratus 9. “In addition to making existing