Domestic flights in Europe could be electric as soon as 2030
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(Paris=Yonhap News) Correspondent Song Jin-won = Some in the European aviation industry are pushing for a plan to deploy hybrid and electric aircraft on short-haul routes under 500 km...
The Transport & Environment association and three manufacturers, including the French Aura Aero, say that European industry will be ready in the coming years to produce battery-powered aircraft capable of carrying 10 to 90 people over short distances. However, several steps still need to be taken.
Thanks to advances in battery technology, electric passenger planes are expected to enter service in Europe on short-haul routes of up to 500 kilometers by the early 2030s, following the success of electric cars.
The "silent and fuel-free" flights between Nice and Corsica remain for the time being at the prospective stage, but the timetable envisaged by the industrialists and the EASA places hybrid-electric aviation on routes of less than 500 km from the beginning of the 2030s, with Nice-Corse in high place among the candidate routes, according to a press release from Transport & Environment. A quarter of European flights within battery range The startin…
Electric aircraft could start operating commercial flights in Europe starting in 2030, especially on short journeys, although their arrival on the market still depends on technological advances, investment, infrastructure and regulatory adaptation. An analysis by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) points out that 25% of European flights travel less than 500 kilometers, a distance that could cover the next generation of electric air…
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