Bye Aerospace announced eFlyer 800 to compete with King Air
Bye Aerospace announced eFlyer 800 to compete with King Air Yuvan Kumar 23rd April 2021, 2:13 Bye Aerospace has announced an eight-seat all-electric twin turbo-prop aircraft, the eFlyer 800, to compete with existing turboprops such as the nine-seater King Air. However, the company claims the e800 Flyer will have “ only one-fifth the operating costs of traditional twin turboprops and is geared for the air taxi, air cargo, regional and charter aircraft markets”. Bye Aerospace CEO, George Bye, said the reduction in cost is due to the electric propulsion system and battery technology which ...