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Elfly Group moves into new home at Torp (Sandefjord) Airport

The manufacturer will use the site to build the first full-scale prototype of Noemi, its flagship, 19-seat amphibious electric aircraft.

After years of obsolescence, seaplanes are remerging with electrical overhauls and high-designs by names like REGENT and Icon Aircraft.

Norway’s coastline stretches for 62,000 miles when every island, inlet, and fjord is included. And some 80% of Norway’s 5.5 million inhabi...

Norwegian start-up Elfly says its all-electric seaplane can meet the country's impending ban on fossil fuel domestic flights.

It's a plane. No, it's a boat. No, it's kind of ... both?

Norway has a lot of coastline and many fjords, but not much in the way of open ground on which to build runways. That's where the Elfly project comes in, as it's developing a short-haul electric seaplane that can take off and land in city harbours.

With this seaplane you will be able to take off from Trondheim Fjord or Flesland Airport in Bergen, Norway, and land in the Geiranger Fjord one hour later.