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138 | July• 2018

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COMPILED BY TIM HULSE

Norway to Fly Electric Planes

T

wo years ago Norway saw the

launch of the world’s first

electric ferry and now it has its

sightssetontheskiesascompanies

and regulators look towards a future

of battery-powered air travel.

AccordingtoDagFalk-Petersen

CEO of airport operators Avinor by

2040allofNorway’sshort-haul

flights will be electric. “When we

havereachedourgoalairtravelwill

nolongerbeaproblemforthe

climate”hesays.

Avinor is set to buy its first electric

plane this summer and plans to

launchatenderofertotesta

commercial route with a 19-seat

electric plane from 2025.

Last year aerospace company

Airbus announced plans to develop

a hybrid-electric airliner with a

demonstration model scheduled for

completion by 2020.

AndUK-basedlow-costairline

easyJet has announced that it is

workingonplansforall-electric

short-haul planes to be launched

within a decade.