Loganair, Scotland’s regional airline, has partnered with Swedish aeroplane manufacturer Heart Aeropsace in an effort to decarbonise their regional air travel.

As part of the exclusive partnership, Logainair and Heart Aeropsace will collaborate on establishing use-cases for hybrid electric aircraft within Loganair’s Scottish and UK network.

Headquartered at Glasgow Airport, Loganair primarily operates domestic flights within the UK as the largest regional airline by passenger numbers and fleet size.

Heart Aeropsace is developing a hybrid-electric aircraft, the ES-30, with the capacity to carry up to 30 passengers. The aircraft has the potential to dramatically reduce carbon emissions, whilst offering cost-effective and accessible air travel.

As well as looking into use-cases for the ES-30, the partnership will see the companies engaging with the Scottish and UK governments and airports to promote and highlight the benefits of this innovative form of propulsion.

Logainair is also set to join Heart Aerospace’s Industry Advisory Board, which consists of airlines, governments, leasing companies, and airports from all over the world, committed to support the electrification of air travel.

“This is a very exciting and significant moment for Loganair and for the future of sustainable UK regional flying,”said Luke Farajallah, CEO of Loganair.

“This exclusive collaboration with Heart Aerospace brings together two organisations who share a passion to see aviation emissions reduce in a realistic and meaningful way, and we definitely see the ES-30 as being a strong contender to emerge as one of the leaders in this space.

“At Loganair we are very proud of our environmental work and achievements to date and we see this as the next logical step along the path to a greener future for UK regional aviation.”

The ES-30 will have a fully electric zero-emissions range of 200km and an extended hybrid range of 400km with 30 passengers on board. With 25 passengers on board, the aircraft has the potential to achieve a range of 800km.

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UK domestic flights emit 283 grams of CO2 emissions per passenger per kilometre, according to recent figures.

“Loganair has been a champion of regional aviation for decades, and we’re thrilled to partner with them to bring cleaner air travel to the UK,” president and CCO of Heart Aerospace said.

“This collaboration is an important step in our mission to make air travel more sustainable and we look forward to bringing clean and convenient solutions to Loganair in support of its ambitious goal to achieve net zero emissions across its operations by 2040.”