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Hybrid Air Vehicles and the Highlands and HITRANS have today announced a plan to progress potential Airlander 10 services for the Highlands.

Airlander manufacturer Hybrid Air Vehicles is working with Scotland’s HITRANS to build a business case for the commercial deployment of multiple airships.

A new partnership is taking the Airlander 10 closer to real-world operations in the Highlands and Islands area before the end of this decade

Hybrid Air Vehicles Limited and the Highlands and Islands Transport Partnership (HITRANS) have today announced a plan to progress potential Airlander 10 services for the Highlands and Islands, and substantially improve regional passenger and freight transport by air. The plan includes an agreement to develop a full business case for the commercial operation of Airlander…

The 'Flying Bum' airship, also known as Airlander 10, is to be built on a site north-east of Doncaster, South Yorkshire

The first Airlander 10 service is set to fly by 2028

Hybrid Air Vehicles will manufacture more than 20 units of the gigantic "flying bum" at a dedicated facility that will be be built in South Yorkshire

Carcroft Common in Doncaster has been agreed as the site for Hybrid Air Vehicles to build Airlander 10 aircraft at a rate of up to 24 units per year.

Hybrid Air Vehicles aims to make 24 ships a year at the site in Doncaster.

Plans aim to create a £1bn export business and over 1,200 jobs