Electra Secures “2,200 Pre-Orders for Groundbreaking Ultra-Short Aircraft”

To date, Elec­tra has secured 2,200 pre-orders val­ued at near­ly USD9 bil­lion for its EL9 Ultra Short hybrid-elec­tric air­craft, reports a press release. The com­pa­ny claims its order pipeline is one of the largest in the Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty (AAM) indus­try.

Electra’s Ultra Short air­craft that inte­grates blown lift and hybrid-elec­tric propul­sion to take off and land in just 150 ft, enables air oper­a­tors “to con­nect com­mu­ni­ties that lack avi­a­tion infra­struc­ture; fly into air­ports with strict noise restric­tions; cre­ate new oppor­tu­ni­ties and busi­ness mod­els for car­go ser­vices; and save trav­ellers sig­nif­i­cant time and has­sle,” says the release. 

The nine-pas­sen­ger EL9 deliv­ers close to 3,000 lbs of pay­load capac­i­ty and a range of up to 1,100 nau­ti­cal miles, with in-flight bat­tery recharg­ing that elim­i­nates the need for ground charg­ing infra­struc­ture. 

This abil­i­ty to oper­ate from com­pact spaces and unim­proved sur­faces includ­ing grass fields, park­ing lots and repur­posed heli­ports “opens new routes and eco­nom­ic oppor­tu­ni­ties, mak­ing region­al air mobil­i­ty for pas­sen­gers and car­go more afford­able and acces­si­ble than ever before,” con­tin­ues the release.

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Marc Allen, CEO of Elec­tra, com­ment­ed, “Electra’s Ultra-Short is the unlock for a new era of air trav­el or what we call Direct Avi­a­tion, which is as trans­for­ma­tive as it’s prac­ti­cal.”

He con­tin­ued, “Hybrid-elec­tric propul­sion enables us to achieve what jet fuel alone can­not do. We have cre­at­ed a fixed-wing air­plane that deliv­ers the access of a heli­copter with 100 times less noise, 70 per­cent low­er cost, improved safe­ty and dra­mat­i­cal­ly reduced emis­sions. The response from the glob­al avi­a­tion indus­try has been tremen­dous.”

The air­craft also offers new logis­tics capa­bil­i­ties for warfight­ers includ­ing an abil­i­ty to land on unim­proved sur­faces and car­ry out crit­i­cal logis­tics trans­port.

Electra’s most recent glob­al clients include Akansel (Turkey) and Dieng & Co Engi­neer­ing (Sene­gal) in part­ner­ship with Flow Aero (US/Turkey); Caver­ton Heli­copters (Nige­ria); Copen­hagen Heli­copter and Copen­hagen Air Taxi (Den­mark); 5 Star Heli­copter Tours (U.S); Glob­al Vec­tra Helicorp (India); and Heli­ci­dade Heil­por­to (Brazil).

A major exist­ing cus­tomer is Bris­tow Group who is also Electra’s oper­a­tional launch part­ner. Oth­er clients include Indi­an avi­a­tion oper­a­tors Jet­Set­Go and Blade.

For more infor­ma­tion

https://www.electra.aero

(Top image: Elec­tra EL9)

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