Tag: eSTOL

Electra order book surpasses 2,000 aircraft

Electra.aero, Inc., a next-gen aerospace company with a mission to help decarbonize aviation and open new air transportation markets, today announced its achievement of pre-order sales of over 2,000 electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft with a market value exceeding $8 billion. Elec...

Electra completes world’s first hybrid-electric eSTOL aircraft flight

Electra.aero, Inc. (Electra) announced today that it has successfully completed the first flights of its EL-2 Goldfinch, a hybrid-electric, ultra-short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft. "The Goldfinch completed an all-electric test flight on November 11 and a hybrid-electric flight on November ...

Electra partners with Yugo to open new destinations in Asia

Electra.aero, Inc., a pioneering developer of sustainable aircraft, and Yugo, Asia's fast-growing private air mobility platform, have partnered to dramatically expand air mobility services to urban and underserved destinations in the Asia-Pacific region by leveraging the performance and cost a...

Lockheed Martin Ventures Leads Series A Funding Round for Electra.aero

Electra.aero, Inc., developer of hybrid-electric ultra-short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft, today announced that it has received an investment in its Series A funding round from Lockheed Martin Ventures (LMV), the venture capital arm of Lockheed Martin Corporation. The funding will supp...

Electra and flyv to Reinvent Regional Air Travel in Europe

A new generation of cost-efficient hybrid-electric aircraft is making on-demand regional air travel commercially feasible.  Electra.aero, a US-based clean aviation technology company and flyv, a German company creating On Demand Air Mobility solutions, have partnered to develop a revolutionary...

Electra charts the course for hybrid-electric eSTOL certification

Electra shares that it has hired Randy Griffith as its Director of Certification and has begun working with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Center for Emerging Concepts and Innovation (CECI) and the Atlanta Aircraft Certification Office (ACO) to define the certification path for its ...

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