Europe gets a tiny taste of electric planes

BTN News
Wednesday, 19 June 2024

Hardly a commercial service, but Electrifly is offering trial flights on electric-powered two-seater planes between three European airports for single passengers without luggage for EUR120 per flight or EUR160 return.


Trips can be booked now for travel between July 1 and August 31 between Liège Airport in Belgium, Maastricht Aachen Airport in the Netherlands and Germany’s Aachen-Merzbrück Airport. 

Flight times on the Pipistrel Velis Electro planes range from 16 to 26 minutes and passengers have to provide their body weight ahead of departure. For safety reasons, the pilot and passenger together max out at 178 kilograms.

Electrifly comprises the Aachen University of Applied Sciences, aviation operator ASL Group, and Chinese electric car company NIO.

The Pipistrel Velis Electro was certified by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency in 2020 and it is the only electric plane currently approved by the regulator.

Electrify says at the end of the two-month northern summer trial, the findings will be evaluated. 

Europe gets a tiny taste of electric planes

BTN News
Wednesday, 19 June 2024

Hardly a commercial service, but Electrifly is offering trial flights on electric-powered two-seater planes between three European airports for single passengers without luggage for EUR120 per flight or EUR160 return.


Trips can be booked now for travel between July 1 and August 31 between Liège Airport in Belgium, Maastricht Aachen Airport in the Netherlands and Germany’s Aachen-Merzbrück Airport. 

Flight times on the Pipistrel Velis Electro planes range from 16 to 26 minutes and passengers have to provide their body weight ahead of departure. For safety reasons, the pilot and passenger together max out at 178 kilograms.

Electrifly comprises the Aachen University of Applied Sciences, aviation operator ASL Group, and Chinese electric car company NIO.

The Pipistrel Velis Electro was certified by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency in 2020 and it is the only electric plane currently approved by the regulator.

Electrify says at the end of the two-month northern summer trial, the findings will be evaluated.