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Nordic States Set Electric-Planes Pace After Green-Cars Push

  • Iceland aims for carbon-free domestic flight by decade’s end
  • Sweden’s Heart Aerospace targets 2026 for e-plane approval
A rendering of the ES-19, an electric airliner with an operating range of 400 km.
A rendering of the ES-19, an electric airliner with an operating range of 400 km.Source: Heart Aerospace
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The Nordic region’s pace-setting push into green transport is set to extend from cars to the air-travel market.

Iceland this month signaled plans to move toward carbon-free domestic flights by the end of the decade, while Sweden’s Heart Aerospace aims to deliver an electric plane specifically designed to ply routes linking remote Scandinavian settlements within six years.