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Aviation news international – Business aviation charter and management group ASL has agreed to cooperate with start-up Vaeridion\u2019s plans to bring a nine-passenger electric aircraft to market by 2030. The European companies announced their collaboration on Thursday, saying that ASL will provide input on operational aspects of the program, as well as network connections and knowledge of the private aviation sector.<\/p>\n

So far, Munich-based Vaeridion has released few details about the all-electric aircraft it refers to as the Microliner. Early images show a design that looks like a high-wing version of the Pilatus PC-12 single turboprop, with the company indicating that a glider-inspired long wingspan will support a battery-powered range of up to 500 kilometers (272 nm).<\/p>\n

Vaeridion sees the Microliner as being part of the emerging regional air mobility sector in which smaller, lower- or zero-carbon aircraft will be deployed to connect smaller cities. The company pointed out that 80 percent of Germans live within 20 kilometers of an airfield.<\/p>\n

In May 2023, ASL converted an earlier memorandum of understanding by\u00a0placing deposits<\/a>\u00a0for six of the four-passenger\u00a0Pioneer Edition of Lilium\u2019s eVTOL aircraft<\/a>. In 2020, the Belgium-based company launched a program called the Responsible Initiative for Sustainable Environment, through which it intends to reduce the carbon footprint of a fleet that currently consists of jet and turboprop aircraft. The company is already using Pipistrel\u2019s Velis Electro training aircraft.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s business aviation sector is under pressure to become more sustainable but has also always been an early adopter of new technology,\u201d said Vaeridion co-founder and CEO Ivor van Dartel. \u201cWe believe that business aviation will be among the first to adopt electric flight. Joining forces with one of Europe\u2019s leading business aviation operators\u2014ASL Group\u2014will enable us to bring the Microliner design forward, leveraging ASL\u2019s operational know-how and understanding of the passengers’ needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Vaeridion signed partnership agreements with several prospective suppliers, including Saluqi (electric drives), Cylib (battery recycling), Customcells (battery cells), and Industrial Design Studio Hamburg (cabin design). In June, it reached an agreement to work with Aircraft Design Certification, a German company that holds the EASA design organization approval required by companies looking to certify new aircraft.<\/p>\n

ASL has not yet indicated whether it plans to order the Microliner itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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