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KEY POINTS
· A Canadian seaplane operator successfully test flew the world's first all-electric commercial aircraft, launched a new era of aviation.
· It is a Plane powered with renewable energy don't produce CO2 or other climate-damaging emissions such as nitrogen oxide and particles.
· It is now proved that low-cost, environmentally friendly, commercial electric air travel can be a reality in the very near future.
· According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), air transport contributes up to 2 per cent of global manmade carbon dioxide emissions.
· The propeller lifts the aircraft forward, using up fuel in the process, and emitting carbon dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere.
· It could set a trend for more environmentally friendly flying.
· Cheaper short-haul flights powered by electricity could transform the way people connect and where they work.
· Electric planes are nearly silent, they have the potential to be flown and landed near dwellings and businesses.
· These facts mean that in a couple generations, teenagers could be getting a pilot’s license rather than a driver’s license and landing their small aircraft in a high school parking lot.
· It can make the batteries lighter, then we can increase the energy savings and flying range of airplanes.
