New Zealand's largest airport, Auckland Airport, s Heart Aerospace's Industry Advisory Board to the electrification of air travel.
Heart Aerospace's Industry Advisory Board is made up of airlines, governments, leasing companies and airports from around the world, who provide input into the design, development and commercialization of the Swedish company's first regional electric aircraft, the ES-30 electric plane.
Auckland Airport is currently undergoing the most significant upgrade in its history, including the installation of aircraft charging facilities (ground power units) at the new airfield as part of the development of a new integrated terminal.
“We are excited to Heart Aerospace’s industry advisory board and contribute to the development of electric aircraft. The electrification of air travel and the path to decarbonization of aviation are certainly not simple, there is no immediate answer. It’s about taking action over time and working together with the ecosystem of partners to help create solution-based change,” said Mary-Liz Tuck, Director of Sustainability and Master Planning at Auckland Airport.
Auckland Airport is actively working to reduce its climate impact and has released a decarbonisation pathway to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2030. This pathway targets a 90 per cent reduction in scope 1* and 2* carbon emissions from from a 2019 baseline and is in line with 1,5oC.
“We are committed to reducing carbon emissions across our operations and infrastructure at Auckland Airport and are beginning to transition our terminal air conditioning system from gas to electric this year, as well as a solar array on top of the Transport Hub, which is currently under construction and will have a coverage of 14.000m2. We look forward to future innovation and working with Heart Aerospace and its board in this space,” she said.
“Auckland Airport has taken a holistic view on decarbonisation and all of our advisory board now have the opportunity to learn from this approach and shape an ecosystem that enables the electrification of air travel. We are delighted that Auckland Airport has ed our board and look forward to collaborating with them,” said Heart Aerospace President and Chief Commercial Officer Simon Newitt.
Heart Aerospace is developing the ES-30, an electric regional plane with a standard capacity of 30 engers, powered by electric motors with battery-derived power. It will have an all-electric, zero-emissions range of 200 kilometers, an extended hybrid range of 400 kilometers with 30 engers and the flexibility to fly up to 800 kilometers with 25 engers, all including typical airline bookings.
Heart Aerospace has a total of 250 firm orders for the ES-30, with options and purchase rights for an additional 120 aircraft. The company also has letters of intent for an additional 91 planes.
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