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Beta Technologies and Loganair Team Up to Carry Royal Mail With Electric Aircraft

Historic airmail service in Scotland got its start with de Havilland Dragon biplanes during the 1930s.

Jonathan Welsh
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Jonathan Welsh

Beta Technologies Alia electric airplane.
Beta Technologies Alia electric airplane in Loganair livery [Credit: Loganair]

In a move that recalls a pivotal period in the early decades of aviation, Beta Technologies is conducting demonstration flights with U.K. regional airline Loganair to haul Scotland’s Royal Mail.

The flights are intended to show how Royal Mail could integrate electric aircraft into its daily flight schedule, especially for mail delivery to islands and other remote places around the country.

Jonathan Welsh

Jonathan Welsh is a private pilot and lifelong aviation enthusiast who has been a reporter, writer and columnist for 35 years. His career includes stints with the Wall Street Journal, Flying Magazine and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. He recently returned to Firecrown to lead Aviation Consumer.