In one of the most talked about and exciting technological and economic races in the industry, Harbour Air (YB) aims to make its commercial debut with its ePlane as soon as 2026.

Harbour Air, a seaplane airline located in Vancouver, Canada, has been performing test flights with a modified De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver with an electric engine since 2019. This prototype aircraft is helping the company transform its whole fleet to fully electric aircraft and be among the first airlines in the world to do so.

Harbour Air welcomed the Airways team inside its maintenance center, located south of Vancouver Airport (YVR), and briefed us about the latest ePlane developments.

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The company just announced plans to buy 50 electric airplane engines from Washington company magniX.

Harbour Air is making a significant push to go green, announcing on April 22 it has signed a letter of intent to purchase 50 electric airplane engines.

“We are excited to accelerate the adoption of electric aviation technology and further our journey towards a sustainable future,” company CEO Bert Van der Stege said in a press release.

Harbour Air is North America’s largest seaplane airline, and operations include year-round flights between Victoria’s Inner Harbour and Vancouver, Richmond and Pitt Meadows, as well as summer flights to Whistler.

Harbour Air, the world’s second-largest water-based commercial airline with 45 floatplanes, is leading the way with an all-electric aircraft.
The company is based in British Columbia on the west coast and flies up to 28 times a day in each direction between Vancouver and Victoria, Vancouver Island. It carries about 440,000 customers each year in its regional network as far as Seattle.

Harbour Air punched high above its weight when it made global headlines in December 2019 reading “The world’s first electrical passenger aircraft flight.” Star of the day and icon for the future was, ironically, an old-timer aircraft the legendary Canadian de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, a six-seater, of which Harbour Air operates 14. While built through the 50s and 60s these workhorses are as good as new due to intensive maintenance and care.

The pioneering flight above Vancouver took just 15 minutes, the original front-mounted Pratt & Whitney P-985 Wasp Junior piston engine had been replaced by a Magni500 electrical motor, supplied by US manufacturer MagniX, generating 750 horse powers (559 kW). The battery was supplied by a US company as well.

While the US Air Force is already making history with the first eVTOLs (electric vertical takeoff and landing) stationed at a military base, the US Marin…

MagniX, a company specializing in electric aircraft propulsion, and North America’s largest seaplane carrier Harbour Air are cooperating to successively electrify all 42 of Harbour Air’s seaplanes. The 560 kW magni500 electric motor will be used. The first aircraft to be converted to electric propul…

Most electric flying machines look futuristic. Harbour Air is taking a different approach.

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