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Spanish Airline Commits To Operating Electric Aircraft
The regional airline will buy 10 electric propulsion conversion kits
Air Nostrum and Dovetail Electric Aviation
Air Nostrum is backing Dovetail Electric Aviation's plans to convert various aircraft to electric propulsion. (Image: Dovetail)

Spanish regional airline Air Nostrum has committed to buying 10 electric propulsion retrofit kits from Dovetail Electric Aviation. The companies announced the agreement on November 15 at the Dubai Airshow, but they have yet to specify which aircraft will be converted to either battery- or hydrogen-electric power.

In December 2022, Air Nostrum and another Spanish carrier Volotea acquired a minority stake in Dovetail’s parent company, Dante Aeronautical, which is working to market electric propulsion conversions of existing turboprop aircraft such as the Cessna Caravan, the DHC Twin Otter, the Beechcraft King Air, and the Casa C212. Air Nostrum is part of the Iberia group, and its current fleet includes the CRJ family of regional jets and the ATR72 twin turboprop.