Air taxis and personal transports

EcoPulse makes first flight in hybrid-electric distributed-propulsion mode

EcoPulse, the hybrid-electric distributed propulsion aircraft demonstrator jointly developed by Daher, Safran and Airbus to support aviation’s decarbonization roadmap, has successfully performed its first flight test in hybrid-electric mode, according to an Airbus press release. […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Bristow secures early delivery positions for Electra’s eSTOL with deposit

Following the successful first flights of Electra’s eSTOL technology demonstrator aircraft, Bristow Group, a provider of “innovative and sustainable vertical flight solutions”, has secured early delivery positions for five of Electra’s hybrid-electric short takeoff and […]

AAM/UAM route and programme news

Dubai 2023: “Air Nostrum commits to electric propulsion retrofits to regional aircraft”

Spanish regional airline Air Nostrum has committed to buying 10 electric propulsion retrofit kits from Dovetail Electric Aviation. The companies announced the agreement at the Dubai Airshow, but they have yet to specify which aircraft […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Regional airline Surf Air Mobility confirms order for 100 Cessna Grand Caravan EX aircraft

Surf Air Mobility, a regional air mobility platform, confirmed its exclusive relationship with Textron Aviation, upon the completion of its public market debut. Today the company announced that deliveries of the first 20 Cessna Grand […]

Fixed wing low/zero emissions

AURA AERO receives PART 21 Subpart J approval and becomes a certified aircraft manufacturer

AURA AERO, French aircraft manufacturer in decarbonised aviation, announces it has obtained the EASA PART 21J (industrial design) approval, that complements the PART 21G (manufacturing) approval obtained in November 2021, and officially becomes a full […]