2ZERO project to show feasibility of regional electric aviation

The group’s 2ZERO (Towards Zero Emissions in Regional Aircraft Operations) programme will include demonstration flights of Ampaire’s six-seat Electric EEL aircraft and19-seat Eco Otter SX, which is a hybrid-electric upgrade of the Twin Otter commuter aircraft. These testbed aircraft will be used to develop and evaluate requirements for a fully integrated electric aviation infrastructure.

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Consortium partners include Rolls-Royce Electrical, Nottingham University, Loganair, Exeter and Devon Airports, Cornwall Airport, Heart of the Southwest Local Enterprise Partnership (HotSWLEP), and UK Power Network Services.

The team has received a share of £30m from the Future Flight Challenge for its 2ZERO proposal to demonstrate hybrid-electric aircraft on regional routes in the South West of the UK.

Hawthorne California-based Ampaire said 2ZERO will take a systems approach to integrate hybrid-electric aircraft technology with existing airport and airline operations. One of the objectives of the 2ZERO programme is to model and simulate a point-to-point (PTP) route system for regional flights using hybrid-electric aircraft, improving regional services and providing more time-and energy-efficient travel options compared with traditional hub-and-spoke systems.