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Lyte Aviation Launches High-capacity Hybrid eVTOL SkyBus
The European start-up has unveiled plans for a 40-passenger, tandem tilt-wing design that could also be offered as a freight-carrying variant called the SkyTruck.
Lyte Aviation's SkyBus hybrid eVTOL aircraft is expected to carry 40 passengers.
Lyte Aviation's SkyBus hybrid eVTOL aircraft is expected to carry 40 passengers. (Image: Lyte Aviation)

Lyte Aviation this week unveiled plans for a pair of high-capacity, long-range VTOL aircraft aimed at both cargo- and passenger-carrying applications. The European start-up seeks to produce a full-scale prototype of the LA-44 SkyBus, intended to carry up to 40 passengers, within the next 24 months.

Unveiling plans at the Helicopter Investor conference in London on March 23, Lyte Aviation founder and CEO Freshta Farzam said that the SkyBus will have a range of 1,000 kilometers (625 miles) and a maximum speed of 300 km/h (187 mph). She said it could take until 2030 to bring the tandem tilt-wing design to market.

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