The first fixed-wing electric passenger aircraft took off from Grant County international airport in the US state of Washington in September. The nine-seater charter plane – known as Alice – soared to 1,000 metres for eight minutes.
Northern Territory Air Services, a scheduled airline and charter operator, put in an order less than two months later to bring 20 of the aircraft to Australia with plans to fly passengers from Darwin to Uluru and Mount Isa. It’s a small sign that the winds may be changing for zero-emissions aviation in Australia, one of the most flight-dependent countries in the world.
Even though there was no industry body making the case for change until recently, a small crop of startups and aviation companies
