OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s OSM Aviation, a recruitment and training firm partly-owned by low-cost carrier Norwegian Air, has ordered 60 all-electric training planes from Colorado-based aircraft manufacturer Bye Aerospace to cut flight costs.

The cost of each two-seater aircraft is approximately $350,000 per plane, OSM Chief Executive Espen Hoeiby said on Thursday, with first deliveries planned for late 2021.

“It costs $110 per hour to operate a conventional trainer now. The electric planes will cost $20 per hour,” he told Reuters.

OSM currently has just over 20 planes for pilot training, mostly Cessna 172s, which it plans to phase out.

Reuters

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