BETA Technologies completed another demonstration tour in Europe last week with its all-electric Alia CX300, this time visiting various airports in the Netherlands and Belgium. This was part of an initiative of e-Smart Avia, which plans to launch a cargo…
2019 will go down as the year that electrically powered aircraft became a serious issue. The Eviation Alice at the Paris airshow attracted more attention than was expected. It won a customer order. But from where we are now to…
Every airshow seems to have a theme – last year at Farnborough it was all about additive manufacturing. This year at Paris it was all about electric. While there was a lot of excitement about the emerging electric engine technology,…
Planned for 2022 EIS, JetSuite has expressed interest in up to 100 aircraft from Zunum Aero. These aircraft will be 12-seaters. Zunuum is backed by JetBlue and Boeing. In aircraft battery packs are located in the wing and are relied…
Airbus announced, in time for the Singapore show, that its “CityAirbus” electrical urban-air-mobility demonstrator programme reached an important milestone: the completion and “power on” of the “iron bird” ground test facility in Taufkirchen, Germany. This enables the verification of the…
Airbus, Rolls-Royce, and Siemens have teamed up for an electric aircraft test. The partnership launches E-Fan X hybrid-electric flight demonstrator. Airbus sent this PR note: “Airbus, Rolls-Royce, and Siemens have formed a partnership which aims at developing a near-term flight…