Self-evidently, the path to replacing fossil-fuel flights with net zero electric aviation has to start somewhere, and in Norway that somewhere could be the country’s 93rd largest city Førde on the rugged country’s North Sea coast. A newly-published report by the independent Institute for Transport Economics (TØI), has proposed the launch of a ground-breaking, subsidized public service obligation (PSO) route using electric aircraft to connect the town’s 13,000 population with Norway’s second-largest city Bergen as the first, or one of the first legs, in a network of such routes that could begin operations from around 2028 or 2029.
Unlike neighboring Sweden, Norway does not yet have a specific national target for achieving zero-emission domestic flights. Nonetheless, as part of its alignment with the declared net zero commitment of the European Union (EU), its government has said aviation must contribute to an overall 55 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector by 2030. Under its new aviation strategy, the Norwegian government says it wants electric aircraft to be introduced as soon as possible, and this could include the proposed electric PSO-routes.
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