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Lyte Aviation Starts Use Case Study for SkyBus Regional Air Services in Europe
The VTOL commuter aircraft developer wants to show how regions like Twente in the Netherlands could enjoy far better downtown access to major cities like Paris.
Lyte Aviation SkyBus pilot project with Twente Airport
Twente Airport in the Netherlands is conducting a pilot project with Lyte Aviation for possible new air services in its SkyBus VTOL aircraft to major cities like Paris. (Image: Lyte Aviation)

Lyte Aviation is exploring more use cases for its planned 40-seat SkyBus LA-44 VTOL aircraft with new proposals for scheduled flights to connect major cities like Paris with regionals like Twente in the east of the Netherlands. According to the European start-up, its hybrid-electric commuter airliner could bring convenient downtown-to-downtown air service to any number of cities within a radius of 1,000 kilometers (625 miles).

This week, the company launched a regional air service study with Twente Airport, which serves cities including Enschede, close to the border with Germany. The airport, which was formerly a military airbase, currently has no commercial airline service and is trying to reinvent its role to offer “a living lab of sustainable aviation and new forms of mobility.”

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