Close X
Thursday, January 16, 2025
ADVT 
National

B.C. Seaplane Company Harbour Air Tests First Commercial Electronic Aircraft

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 10 Dec, 2019 07:42 PM

    RICHMOND, B.C. - The world's first all-electric commercial aircraft landed today after a test flight at the Harbour Air Seaplane terminal in Richmond, B.C.

     

    Harbour Air announced in March that it had partnered with engineering firm MagniX in Washington state with the goal of becoming the world's first all-electric airline.

     

    Harbour Air CEO Greg McDougall says in a video statement that he's convinced the future of aviation is electrified and he's proud to be part of the conversion to e-planes.

     

    The test flight was moved up from Wednesday to avoid a change in the weather in the Vancouver area.

     

    The plane is powered by a 750 horsepower electric motor.

     

    Harbour Air covers 12 routes and operates about 30,000 flights a year between Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle and other locations.

     

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Joshua Boyle's Lawyers Want Charge Of Misleading Police Thrown Out

    Lawyers for former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle want a judge to toss out a charge that he misled police — one of several criminal counts he faces in Ontario court.

    Joshua Boyle's Lawyers Want Charge Of Misleading Police Thrown Out

    Quebec Woman Waiting For News Of Her Parents Trapped In Bahamas During Hurricane

    MONTREAL - A Montreal-area woman says she's desperately waiting for news of her parents, who were trapped in the northern Bahamas when Hurricane Dorian battered the region as a massive Category 5 storm.    

    Quebec Woman Waiting For News Of Her Parents Trapped In Bahamas During Hurricane

    33-Year-Old Man Presumed Drowned Following Shuswap Lake Speedboat Incident

    33-Year-Old Man Presumed Drowned Following Shuswap Lake Speedboat Incident
    RCMP in British Columbia are searching for a man, presumed drowned, following a boating incident on Shuswap Lake east of Kamloops.

    33-Year-Old Man Presumed Drowned Following Shuswap Lake Speedboat Incident

    New Brunswick Police Consider Charges After Three Die In Car Crash

    New Brunswick Police Consider Charges After Three Die In Car Crash
    Police in New Brunswick say they're considering charges against a 28-year-old student after the car he was driving crashed, resulting in the deaths of three young men in the back seat.

    New Brunswick Police Consider Charges After Three Die In Car Crash

    Federal NDP Choose 'In It For You' As Slogan

    The federal New Democrats have settled on "In it for You" as their English slogan for the upcoming federal election campaign.

    Federal NDP Choose 'In It For You' As Slogan

    Barenaked Ladies Musician Awarded $60,000 In Legal Battle Over Painting

    A Toronto gallery must now pay tens of thousands of dollars to a Canadian musician who alleged he was sold a fake painting purported to be by the renowned Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau.

    Barenaked Ladies Musician Awarded $60,000 In Legal Battle Over Painting