Saudi Ground Services is getting clean hydrogen: Air Products Qudra — the development and investment company of Air Products in the Middle East — inked an agreement to supply clean hydrogen for Saudi Ground Services to fuel ground handling services in Dammam Airport, according to a statement released this week.

The details: The partnership will see the airport’s full range of ground services — including transporting passengers, baggage handling, refueling trucks and more — fueled by hydrogen in a bid to lower the industry’s carbon footprint in line with the Saudi Green Initiative and Saudi Vision 2030. No further details have been announced as of yet.

On the ground and up above: This first ever application of clean hydrogen in the ground handling aviation sector in Saudi previous efforts matches the aviation industry’s attempts to decarbonize the skies. Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways have recently explored sustainable alternative fuels (SAFs) as low-carbon alternatives to traditional jet fuel to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

And the sky's not the limit: Air Products — along with Acwa Power and NEOM — is part of a JV to develop NEOM’s USD 5 bn Green Hydrogen Project. The venture will deliver the world’s largest utility scale green hydrogen facility expected to be commissioned in 2026 with a 650 tonnes/day production capacity.