First Entirely Electric Commercial Aircraft Takes Off

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CANADA'S LARGEST seaplane operator, Harbour Air, has made history by becoming the world's first airline to fly a fully electric commercial aircraft. The operator performed the historic flight on December 10 over Fraser River, Richmond, British Colombia, under the control of Harbour Air CEO, Greg McDougall. In March 2019, the company announced that it would replace its current fleet of aircraft with zero-emission, all-electric aircraft over the course of the next decade. To achieve this, Harbour Air teamed up with magniX, a Seattle-based electric aviation company. The airline provided a six-passenger de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver, which was modified with a 750hp (560Kw) magni500 propulsion system and unveiled at the Paris Airshow in June 2019. It is a