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Copenhagen, Denmark — Elfly Group, builders of the all-electric seaplane programme ‘Noemi’ (No Emissions), is delighted to announce a brand new partnership with Denmark’s Nordic Seaplanes, which is able to see the devoted seaplane operator grow to be the world’s first ‘Noemi’ airline.
Nordic Seaplanes signed an MoU for 5 plane with an possibility for an extra ten Noemi amphibious plane at the moment (24 September) and agreed wider collaboration to discover new coastal markets past Scandinavia. The airline’s operations crew will work carefully with Elfly, sharing their expertise of water operations flying De Havilland Twin Otter floatplanes since 2016. Anticipated order worth is 150MUSD to be delivered over the approaching decade.
The settlement was confirmed and signed by Ole Christiansen, Chairman of the board and CEO of Nordic Seaplanes and Eric Lithun, CEO and founding father of Elfly throughout its debut Nordic Horizons – Towards future flight occasion at Langelinie Pavilion, Copenhagen, attended by worldwide trade friends and media.
“We have a very successful operation with our Twin Otters, but we are excited to embrace a future into 2030 that is electric,” mentioned Ole Christensen. With Elfly’s Noemi in a 9 seat configuration, we’re investing in clear know-how, sustainability, which is able to guarantee our enterprise effectively into the long run, not only for Denmark however as we glance to increase into different coastal markets too.”
“We are delighted to partner with Nordic Seaplanes,” mentioned Elfly CEO Eric Lithun. “At the outset of our programme we said we would build and operate the aircraft, establishing our own AOC. However, collaborating with this well positioned European partner, with its wealth of operational experience here and overseas, makes a lot of sense. We can learn much from them about operating in a challenging environment and together we aim to tap seaplane markets beyond Scandinavia,” he mentioned. The renaissance of the seaplane is coming.”
Lasse Rungholm, Nordic Seaplanes co founder welcomed the brand new collaboration. Talking at the moment he mentioned this may safe our objective of no emission seaplane journey.
From The Maldives to Copenhagen
Nordic Seaplanes house owners Lasse Rungholm and Lars Erik Nielsen are captivated with seaplanes. Lasse beforehand flew as a captain for Maldivian Air Taxi and Trans Maldivian Airways, which merged in 2013 to create the world’s largest seaplane operator, with a 65-strong Twin Otter fleet. Lars Erik was nonetheless the managing director of Trans Maldivian when the duo introduced seaplanes to their house nation eight years in the past.
About Nordic Seaplanes
Nordic Seaplanes is Europe’s solely scheduled airline flying floatplanes on scheduled providers and constitution. Its amphibian DHC6-300 Twin Otters have been working between Copenhagen and Aarhus each weekday, a 45-minute connection between Denmark’s two largest cities since 25 Could, 2016. Since that point‚ demand has grown and Nordic Seaplanes’ schedule now helps as much as 168 passengers per day on its major route.
The airline additionally gives sightseeing flights on every day foundation, carrying as much as 16 passengers. Nordic Seaplanes serves the harbours at Østhavnsvej 37, 8000 Aarhus C, Copenhagen and Nordre Toldbod 29, 1259 København Okay moreover doing constitution flights to anyplace with an honest measurement physique of water.
For extra details about Elfly Group and Nordic Seaplanes, go to el-fly.no and seaplanes.dk.
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