Heart Aerospace, Loganair “Agree Exclusive Partnership to Advance Hybrid-Electric Aviation in UK”

Swe­den-based, Heart Aero­space, a hybrid-elec­tric air­craft devel­op­er, and Loganair, a UK region­al air­line, have announced a new and exclu­sive part­ner­ship aimed at decar­bon­is­ing air trav­el in the Unit­ed King­dom, reports a press release. As part of this agree­ment, the part­ners will col­lab­o­rate on estab­lish­ing use-cas­es for hybrid elec­tric air­craft with­in Loganair’s exten­sive Scot­tish and UK net­work. 

Head­quar­tered at Glas­gow Air­port, Loganair most­ly oper­ates domes­tic flights with­in the UK, where it is the largest region­al air­line by pas­sen­ger num­bers and fleet size.

The release states, “At the cen­tre of this col­lab­o­ra­tion is the ES-30, a hybrid-elec­tric air­craft being devel­oped by Heart Aero­space. With the capac­i­ty to car­ry up to 30 pas­sen­gers, the air­craft has the poten­tial to sig­nif­i­cant­ly reduce car­bon emis­sions while offer­ing cost-effec­tive and acces­si­ble air trav­el.”

Simon Newitt, Pres­i­dent & CCO of Heart Aero­space, com­ment­ed, “This col­lab­o­ra­tion is an impor­tant step in our mis­sion to make air trav­el more sus­tain­able and we look for­ward to bring­ing clean and con­ve­nient solu­tions to Loganair in sup­port of its ambi­tious goal to achieve net zero emis­sions across its oper­a­tions by 2040.”

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The two com­pa­nies will not only work togeth­er to look at use cas­es for the ES-30, but engage with the Scot­tish and UK Gov­ern­ments and air­ports, to pro­mote and high­light the ben­e­fits of this clean­er form of propul­sion. Loganair will also join Heart Aerospace’s Indus­try Advi­so­ry Board, which con­sists of air­lines, gov­ern­ments, leas­ing com­pa­nies and air­ports from all over the world, com­mit­ted to sup­port the elec­tri­fi­ca­tion of air trav­el.

Luke Fara­jal­lah, CEO of Loganair, enthused, “This is a very excit­ing and sig­nif­i­cant moment for Loganair. This exclu­sive col­lab­o­ra­tion brings togeth­er two organ­i­sa­tions who share a pas­sion to see avi­a­tion emis­sions reduce in a real­is­tic and mean­ing­ful way. We see the ES-30 as being a strong con­tender to emerge as one of the lead­ers in this space.” 

The ES-30 will have a ful­ly elec­tric zero emis­sions range of 200 kilo­me­tres, an extend­ed hybrid range of 400 kilo­me­tres with 30 pas­sen­gers and flex­i­bil­i­ty to fly up to 800 kilo­me­tres with 25 pas­sen­gers.

Heart has a total of 250 firm orders with options and pur­chase rights for an addi­tion­al 120 planes. The com­pa­ny also has Let­ters of Intent for a fur­ther 191 air­craft.

For more infor­ma­tion

www.heartaerospace.com 

(Top image: ES-30, Cred­it — Heart Aero­space)

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