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African Airlines Commit To Surf Air's Electric Caravan
Safarilink and Yellow Wings Air Services will convert their existing Cessna Caravan fleets
Yellow Wings Air Services Cessna Caravan aircraft
Yellow Wings Air Services intends to convert its Cessna Caravan aircraft to electric propulsion.

East African operators Safarilink and Yellow Wings Air Services have agreed to convert their Cessna Caravan turboprop singles to the electric propulsion system being developed by Surf Air Mobility and partners. In a pair of memorandums of understanding announced today, the companies did not commit to buying a specific amount of the conversions, but each currently operates between four and 15 Caravans.

U.S.-based Surf Air intends to be the launch customer for the conversion package, for which it is working to gain an FAA supplemental type certificate (STC). It plans to offer both hybrid-electric and all-electric powertrains, with the latter expected to deliver operating cost savings of between 40 and 50 percent compared with the original aircraft, as well as eliminating carbon dioxide emissions.