HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Mar.2025) — Avinor and the Civil Aviation Authority entered a collaboration to establish Norway as an international test arena for zero- and low-emission aviation in Apr. 2024 on 4 Mar. 2025, the first formal agreement for demonstration flights was signed at Bergen Airport, Flesland, with American aircraft manufacturer BETA Technologies and Bristow Norway AS, a subsidiary of Bristow Group Inc.
The demonstration flights will be cargo flights without passengers, conducted using BETA’s ALIA CX300 conventional take-off and landing (eCTOL) aircraft, which will be flown by Bristow Norway, Bristow announced 4 Mar. 2025 in an official statement.
The cargo flights will operate initially between Stavanger Airport and Bergen Airport, starting from Stavanger in late summer, with the entire route commencing later in the fall, Bristow said.
“The government’s goal in the National Aviation Strategy and the National Transport Plan 2025–2036 (NTP) is to accelerate the transition to zero- and low-emission aviation. To achieve this, one billion kroner has been allocated in the NTP. The first major initiative is the establishment of Norway as an international test arena for zero- and low-emission aircraft”, Norway minister of transport Jon-Ivar Nygård said in the statement.
“With an aviation industry committed to reducing emissions, a decentralized network of airports of various sizes, a significant regional air transport market, a proactive aviation authority, and a supplier industry specializing in battery-electric propulsion systems and hydrogen technology, we have a strong foundation for the early adoption of new technologies,” Nygård said.
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