Fokker Next Gen has ditched plans to modify a Fokker 100 to run on hydrogen power to ... in the aft fuselage to the rear of the passenger cabin, resulting in an aircraft that is slightly longer ...

Most Virgin flights to Brisbane currently use the Fokker 100 aircraft, which is not equipped to offer business class. The change in aircraft increases capacity from 246,000 annually to 420,000.

As such, the company will first convert one of its Fokker 100 regional jets. In fact, Fokker Next Gen has already begun adapting the plane to run on liquid hydrogen. The first test flight of the ...