Fully electric small plane flies from East Hampton airport to JFK in a 'historic first' flight

Fully electric small plane flies from East Hampton airport to JFK in a 'historic first' flight

Officials said this could change the future of aviation, bringing flights with no operational emissions one step closer to the flying public.

Beta Completes Historic Passenger-Carrying Flight at JFK Airport

NEW YORK—Every day, hundreds of aircraft fly into New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (KJFK). On Tuesday, though, the airport welcomed an aircraft unlike any that has ever graced its runways. About 100 local officials, industry executives, city developers, and other spectators gathered at Modern Aviation’s JFK FBO to witness the approach of Beta Technologies’ Alia—the first all-electric model to fly into one of the area’s three majo…