2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Hanneke Weitering

News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.

News about commercial airlines, including regulations, aircraft orders, safety, acquisitions, and mergers.

News and issues concerning the aviation charter and fractional-ownership industries and markets, including company announcements, regulations, new developments and labor issues.

News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

Heart drops the ES-30 model as JSX signs for up to 100 ES-36 airplanes

JSX Backs Heart’s Hybrid-electric ES-36 Redesign

Charlotte Bailey

X1 demonstrator largest all-electric aircraft ever flown 

Heart Aerospace Flies X1 Electric Demonstrator Aircraft

Charles Alcock

News about bills, laws, regulations and other governmental decisions affecting aviation and aerospace. Topics include FAA re-authorizations, taxes on fuel and aviation activities, environmental legislation, ICAO decisions, governmental mediation of labor conflicts and World Trade Organization disputes and decisions.

News about environmental issues relating to aircraft operations, including noise issues, emissisions, and regulations. See Fuel for biofuel.

X-1 demonstrator is cleared to fly at Plattsburgh International Airport 

FAA Approves Flight Tests For Heart’s ES-30 Aircraft

New developments at airports including regulations and noise issues; legal disputes; openings, acquisitions and mergers.

Technology demonstrator will be brought across the Atlantic from Sweden in early 2025

Heart Selects New York Site For ES-30 Regional Airliner Flight Testing

News and developments about aircraft engines, including turbofan, turboprop, turboshaft and piston.

Full-scale demonstrator is now in ground trials and is expected to fly in the second quarter of 2025

Heart Rolls Out Technology Demonstrator for Hybrid-electric Airliner

Scotland-based regional airline aims to achieve zero carbon emissions

Loganair and Heart Team To Decarbonize UK Domestic Flights

Several new hybrid-electric and hydrogen-powered aircraft are in development

Green Regional Airliners Could Break the Market Mold

The Swedish start-up has changed the architecture of its planned propulsion system

Heart Presses Ahead With New Independent Hybrid Regional Airliner

The Swedish company recruited a chief technology officer to run its Los Angeles operation

Heart Sets Up U.S. R&D Hub for ES-30 Hybrid-electric Regional Airliner

Heart Aerospace has significantly boosted its war chest to develop the 30-seat hybrid-electric ES-30 airliner by closing a Series B funding round that raised $107 million. On February 1, the Swedish company announced that the round had increased its total funding to $145 million.
New investors backing Heart include Denmark’s Sagitta Ventures. The early-stage investor joined other backers for the Series B round, which also include Air Canada, United Airlines, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, European Innovation Council Fund, EQT Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, Norrsken VC, and Y Combinator.
Heart said that its main engineering goal this year is to complete the development of the ES-30’s powertrain. The company has begun type certification under EASA's Part 25 rules for commercial aircraft and aims&nbsp;to complete this process in 2028, after achieving a first flight with a prototype in 2026.
The ES-30 will be powered mainly by four battery-driven electric motors,&nbsp;now bolstered by a pair of turbo generators to meet reserve energy requirements&nbsp;“without cannibalizing range.” The new model is expected to offer carriers an all-electric range of 200 kilometers&nbsp;(125 miles), with an extended full-payload range of twice that distance and the potential for longer hybrid-powered flights to 800 kilometers&nbsp;(500 miles) with 25 passengers, taking account of standard airline fuel reserves.
According to Heart, it now holds 250 provisional orders for the ES-30, with options, purchase rights, and letters of intent covering a further 311 aircraft. Air Canada and United Airlines are among the named prospective customers. Heart announced <a href="https://www.futureflight.aero/news-article/2022-09-15/heart-unveils-plans-30-seat-electric-regional-airliner-new-backers">plans for the ES-30 in September 2022,</a> after airlines indicated they would prefer a larger, longer-range model than the all-electric, 19-seat ES-19 it had been developing.
EQT Ventures partner Ted Persson is to join Heart’s board of directors. “As someone said, the Stone Age didn’t end because we ran out of stones and the Fossil Age won’t end because we run out of fossil fuels,” he commented. “Heart Aerospace is taking decarbonization to the skies, and we’re proud to be funding technology that will fundamentally change the aviation industry. We believe that sustainable industrial and electrification solutions are not just the future; they are the present and our investment strategy reflects our unwavering commitment to driving positive change in these critical sectors.”

Heart Aerospace

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JSX Backs Heart’s Hybrid-electric ES-36 Redesign

Heart Aerospace Flies X1 Electric Demonstrator Aircraft

FAA Approves Flight Tests For Heart’s ES-30 Aircraft

Heart Selects New York Site For ES-30 Regional Airliner Flight Testing

Heart Rolls Out Technology Demonstrator for Hybrid-electric Airliner

Loganair and Heart Team To Decarbonize UK Domestic Flights

Green Regional Airliners Could Break the Market Mold

Heart Presses Ahead With New Independent Hybrid Regional Airliner

Heart Sets Up U.S. R&D Hub for ES-30 Hybrid-electric Regional Airliner

Heart Raises a Further $107 Million for ES-30 Hybrid-electric Airliner

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