NORWAY TESTED A TWO – SEATER ELECTRIC PLANE IN OSLO ON MONDAY AND PREDICTED A START TO PASSENGER FLIGHTS BY 2015.THE ALPA ELECTRO G2 PLANE,BUILT BY PIPISTREL IN SLOVENIA, HAS A TAKE OF WEIGHT OF 570kg AND IS FAR QUIETER THAN A CONVENTIONAL PLANE RUN ON FOSSIL FUELS . NORWAY AIMS TO BE 100% ELECTRIC BY 2040 FOR ALL SHORT –HAUL FLIGHTS.
AVINOR , WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COUNTRIEY’S 44 AIRPORTS , HAS BOUGHT THE ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT. THE OPERATOR PLANS TO LAUNCH A TENDER OFFER TO TEST A COMMERTIAL ROUTE FLOWN WITH A SMALL ELECTRIC PLANE WITH 19 SEATS STARTING IN 2025.