Tag: Heart Aerospace

Heart Aerospace raises $107 million in Series B funding

Swedish hybrid-electric airplane maker Heart Aerospace today announced it raised a total of $107 million in Series B funding, representing another significant stepping stone toward sustainable regional air travel. The new round brings the total financing raised by Heart Aerospace since its inceptio...

Auckland Airport joins Heart Aerospace’s industry advisory board

New Zealand’s largest airport and one of the country’s most important infrastructure assets, Auckland Airport, joins Heart Aerospace’s Industry Advisory Board to support the electrification of air travel. Heart Aerospace’s Industry Advisory Board consists of airlines, governments, leasing c...

Copenhagen Airport joins Heart Aerospace’s Industry advisory board

Scandinavia’s largest airport, Copenhagen Airport, joins Heart Aerospace’s Industry Advisory Board to provide input on the design, development, and commercialization of the Swedish company’s regional electric airplane, the ES-30. Heart Aerospace’s Industry Advisory Board consists of airli...

KLM joins Heart Aerospace’s industry advisory board

The world’s oldest operating airline, Dutch flag carrier KLM, joins Heart Aerospace’s Industry Advisory Board to provide input on the design, development, and commercialization of the Swedish company’s first regional electric airplane, the ES-30. Heart Aerospace’s Industry Advisory Board ...

Heart Aerospace, Honeywell to collaborate on flight controls for ES-30 electric airplane

Swedish electric airplane maker Heart Aerospace and Honeywell, a leader in aerospace technology, have announced a collaboration to integrate Honeywell’s next-generation flight control system into the new ES-30 regional electric airplane. Honeywell was selected by Heart Aerospace for the Joint Def...

Heart Aerospace joins Regional Airline Association

Swedish electric airplane maker Heart Aerospace joins the Regional Airline Association (RAA), a trade association for North American regional airlines and associated businesses. As the leading trade body for the North American regional market, the RAA’s connections and relationships with policy m...

Heart Aerospace appoints John S. Slattery as non-executive chairman of its Board of Directors

Swedish electric airplane maker Heart Aerospace has appointed John S. Slattery, as non-executive chairman of its Board of Directors. John continues to serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at GE Aerospace. “I’m excited to take on this role at such a decisive time for ...

Swedish leasing company Rockton to buy up to 40 ES-30 airplanes from Heart Aerospace

Swedish investment and aircraft leasing company Rockton will acquire up to 40 of Heart Aerospace’s regional electric airplane, the ES-30, converting an earlier letter of intent with the Swedish airplane maker into firm purchase orders for 20 airplanes with purchase rights for 20 more. Leasing com...

BAE Systems and Heart Aerospace to collaborate on battery for electric airplane

BAE Systems, a leading aerospace and defense company, and Heart Aerospace, a Swedish electric airplane maker, announced a collaboration to define the battery system for Heart’s ES-30 regional electric airplane. The battery will be the first-of-its-kind to be integrated into an electric convention...

Heart Aerospace selected as long-term partner for Air New Zealand’s Mission Next Gen Aircraft

Swedish electric airplane developer Heart Aerospace has announced it has been selected as a long-term partner for Air New Zealand’s Mission Next Gen Aircraft partnership for the replacement of the airline’s Q300 domestic fleet with a more sustainable option from 2030. Heart Aerospace was select...

Swedavia takes a seat on Heart Aerospace’s industry advisory board

To support the electric aircraft manufacturer Heart Aerospace in the development of its first electric aircraft, the ES-30, Swedavia has agreed to take a seat on heart Aerospace’s newly formed industry advisory board. Included on the board are 21 different industry participants including airpor...

Heart Aerospace confirms Air Canada and Saab as new shareholders

Swedish electric airplane maker Heart Aerospace today unveiled significant design updates to its first electric aircraft and confirmed Air Canada, one of North America’s largest airlines and Saab, the Swedish aerospace and defense company, as new minority shareholders. The new airplane design, ...

Finnair signs new electric aircraft agreement

By Edward Robertson Finnair has moved a step closer to having electric aircraft in its fleet following a new agreement with Heart Aerospace. The airline has signed a letter of interest with the electric-aircraft-development company that could see it acquire 20 of Heart’s ES-19 aircraft. T...

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