A United Airlines executive has provided detail on how the airline could utilise its burgeoning fleet of electric aircraft in the future, with plans for commercial flights by the end of the 2020s. | BISouthAfrica
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Over recent years United has invested in a suite of electric aircraft in a bid to future-proof its fleet.United Airlines plans to use its first electric aircraft for flights of 200 miles or less. Electric planes will be in use by 2030, United said at a CNBC conference this week.A United Airlines executive has provided detail on how the airline could utilise its burgeoning fleet of electric aircraft in the future, with plans for commercial flights by the end of the 2020s.
"Initially we want to fly on routes that are 200 miles or less," Mike Leskinen, president of United Airlines Ventures, the carrier's in-house venture capital arm, said, during a video interview aton Thursday. As the technology improves, aircraft will have a range of 250 miles or 300 miles , Leskinen said.
Over recent years United has invested in a suite of electric aircraft in a bid to future-proof its fleet and meet its plan for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
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