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Wright Electric & EasyJet plan electric airplane service in less than 10 years

Smart City Chirine Etezadzadeh

According to EasyJet, the transition to electrically powered planes might become real in the near future. Image source: Shutterstock (#553131187).

Wright Electric is working on an electric airplane, which the company hopes will enter service in about a decade. The plane would be able to carry 120 passengers on flights of up to 300 miles. EasyJet, a European airline specialzing in such short distance flights, now announced a collaboration with Wright Electric.

“For the first time in my career I can envisage a future without jet fuel and we are excited to be part of it,” EasyJet CEO Carolyn McCall said. “It is now more a matter of when, not if, a short haul electric plane will fly.”

The companies estimate that the electric airplane will be 50% quieter and cost 10% less for airlines to purchase and operate.

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