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KLM Flight Academy Orders Bye eFlyers To Train Airline Pilots
The Dutch flight training school intends to take 14 of Bye Aerospace's eFlyer 2 and eFlyer 4 electric aircraft.
Bye Aerospace eFlyer 2
KLM Flight Academy is the latest pilot training organization to order Bye Aerospace's eFlyer electric aircraft. (Image: Bye Aerospace)

The KLM Flight Academy this week placed purchase deposits for six of Bye Aerospace’s eFlyer 2 light aircraft and eight of the larger eFlyer 4 version. The flight school, which is part of the KLM-Air France airline group, is based at Groningen Airport Eelde in the Netherlands. It will use the all-electric aircraft for initial pilot training.

“We are honored to add the first major airline’s flight academy, KLM Flight Academy, to our expanding list of eFlyer customers,” said Bye Aerospace CEO George Bye. “In addition to helping them become carbon-neutral, eFlyers will help the academy significantly reduce the noise signature in the Eelde area.”

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