Airlines
Republic Set To Evaluate Beta's Alia Electric Aircraft
Company’s CX300 airplane will open the Paris Air Show flying display
Beta Technologies Alia CX300
Beta Technologies is demonstrating its Alia CX300 electric aircraft at the Paris Air Show. © AIN/Charles Alcock

Republic Airways has agreed to buy at least one example of Beta Technologies’ Alia CX300 electric airplane and will use it to train its pilots and conduct route planning. Under a memorandum of understanding announced on Monday at the Paris Air Show, the carrier is set to take delivery of the first aircraft—under special airworthiness certificate rules—in the fourth quarter, with options to add more examples as its plans for commercial services are firmed up.

The CX300 operates in conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) mode, with Beta also working on the Alia 250, an eVTOL version. The company, which has already opened its manufacturing facility in Burlington, Vermont, is taking this approach with a view to getting the CX300 certified in 2026.