Fully electric 90-passenger plane can fly 800 kilometers

Commercial aviation is struggling to reduce its impact on the climate and is currently not on track to meet its goal of net zero emissions by 2050. Sustainable aviation fuel is not being produced fast enough and there appear to be few alternatives to fuel-guzzling jet engines and turboprops on the horizon.

One problem is that electrification in aircraft is not as straightforward as in road vehicles. Furthermore, the consensus in the industry seems to be that battery technology needs to be further developed before electric passenger aircraft can become a reality.

Dutch startup Elysian, however, challenges this assumption with ...