Heart Aerospace’s Claudio Camelier updates Mark Broadbent on the regional electric aircraft developer’s work.
Electric aircraft developments are an especially active part of aerospace just now. Several ambitious startups continue to push forward with R&D work to create clean-sheet aircraft, engines and technology promising significant emissions and fuel savings.
Among them is the Swedish company Heart Aerospace – which in September 2022 unveiled what it called “significant” updates to its electric aircraft design, and confirmed Air Canada and Saab as new shareholders. Heart had been developing a 19-seat electric regional aircraft called the ES-19, which the company has replaced with a larger 30-seater design, the ES-30. Air Canada has placed an order for 30 examples.
The ES-30 will have three-abreast flat-floor cabin seating, a galley, and a lavatory. Cabin stowage and overhead bins will add to the large external baggage and cargo compartment providing, Heart says, “network flexibility” for airlines.
EASA (European Union Aviation Safety Agency) Certification Specification CS-25 is the certification basis for the ES-30.
Air Canada president and CEO Michael Rousseau said: “We know that meeting our net…
