Heart Aerospace

Heart Aerospace is a Swedish startup company developing electric aircraft.

Rendering of ES-19 aircraft in United Express livery

The company is developing the ES-19, an all-electric, 19-passenger regional airliner. The ES-19 is planned to have a 400-kilometer (250 mi) range and be able to charge in less than 40 minutes. Heart plans to fly the aircraft in 2024 and have it certified by the end of 2026.[1] The Garmin G3000 avionics suite will be installed with custom functions related to managing the aircraft's electronic systems.[2]

In March 2021, Heart signed a letter of interest with Finnair which would allow the airline to purchase up to 20 ES-19 aircraft.[3] In July 2021, United Airlines announced their intention to purchase 100 ES-19 aircraft to be operated on United Express routes by Mesa Airlines.[4] In September 2020, Sounds Air of New Zealand signed a letter of intent to purchase ES-19 aircraft.[5] Since the start, the Swedish airline BRA has also expressed interest in buying the aircraft.

References
  1. O'Connor, Kate (15 July 2021). "United Signs Agreement For 100 Electric Airliners". AVweb. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. O'Connor, Kate (9 December 2021). "Garmin G3000 Selected For ES-19 Electric Airliner". AVweb. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  3. Niknam, Majid (25 March 2021). "Finnair to Increase Beat of Heart Aerospace". Airways Magazine. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  4. Lampert, Allison (13 July 2021). "United Airlines to buy 100, 19-seat electric planes from Heart Aerospace". Reuters. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  5. "Sounds Air aims to offer first regional zero-emission flights". RNZ. 2020-09-28. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
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