The Allplane Podcast

Things we talk about in this episode:

-Maria’s background and her projects in sustainable aviation

-Making sense of the Swedish and Nordic sustainable aviation landscape

-Sustainable Aviation Fuel in Sweden: What is Flygreenfund?

-Electric Aviation in the Nordics: which programmes and initiatives are there?

-Why the Nordics are particularly suited to lead in green aviation

-The role of Scandinavia in the sustainable aviation movement

Roei’s background and trajectory in the aviation industry

The story of magniX: how this Australian startup moved to the US to become a leader in electric propulsion

The different green flight projects that magniX is involved in

How magniX motors powered the first ever all-electric commercial flight

The new era of innovation in aviation

France’s ban on short haul flights and how this affects green aviation

Eviation Alice’s and its expected first flight

How magniX works with electric flight innovators and entrepreneurs from around the world

How to partner with magniX

What’s ahead for magniX

Things we talk about in this episode:

The story of Dante Aeronautical & David’s work in the aerospace sector

The clean-sheet electrical plane Dante Aeronautical designed

Why Dante Aeronautical is now focusing on the hybrid-electric retrofit market

Dante Aeronautical’s projects involving seaplanes, in Australia and Spain

Prospects for commercial electric flight

Next milestones for Dante Aeronautical

Things we talk about in this episode:

-The story of PrivateFly

-The story of 4Air

-Can executive aviation be really sustainable?

-How PrivateFly and 4Air work together to offset emissions

-How do 4Air’s different tiers of environmental compliance work?

-How new propulsion technologies can transform executive aviation

-Can executive aviation be a testing ground for new green aviation tech?

-Bitcoin and private jets

How Jeff O’Neill came up with a disruptive idea for a next generation premium economy aircraft seat and crowdfunded its development.

The Zephyr seat is a new two-level seat configuration designed for the premium economy class.

In this episode Jeff shares his entrepreneurial story and the plans he has for Zephyr seat after having captured the attention of the public, media and investors.

François Chopard is the founder of Starburst, a startup accelerator and venture fund that specialized in aerospace innovation.

From commercial aviation, sustainability, space tech and defence, François’ team reviews thousands of startups every year and backs the most promising ones.

Listen to this episode for a conversation on the dynamics of aerospace entrepreneurship and the technology trends that will shape the ways we travel in decades to come.

Lukas Kaestner is the co-founder of Sustainable Aero Lab, a Hamburg-based startup accelerator that aims to nurture the new generation of sustainable aviation startups. He’s been in the podcast to share how they are going to do this and how Sustainable Aero Lab fits into the broader Hamburg aviation ecosystem.

Carmen Murer is the head of corporate communications at Synhelion, a Swiss startup that aims to produce sustainable aviation fuels from sunlight and water.

This is a fascinating new technology that has drawn the attention of major aviation firms such as Lufthansa Group and Zurich airport.

What are the pros and cons of this technology? What are the prospects of it becoming mainstream within this decade? Why synthetic aviation fuels can be an important tool in the quest to decarbonize aviation?

Carmen answers to these and other questions on today’s episode of the podcast.

Olav Mosvol Larsen, head of the carbon reduciton programme at Avinor, the firm that operates all of Norway’s airports, explains how airports can drive sustainability in the aviation industry.

In this episode of the podcast, Olav explains how Avinor became a leader in aviation sustainability and how it is engaging with many other players in the Norwegian and international aviation ecosystem to push for ever more ambitious environmental targets.

We also talk about the obstacles along the way towards green flying and Avinor is sorting them out to become a reference in the field of sustainable aviation.

The Air Race E is going to be the first all-electric air race. With the support of aviation giants such as Airbus, Jeff Zaltman, a veteran of the air racing world, is designing the ultimate air race with the technologies that are expected to define the future of aviation.

How does Air Race E work? Where and when is the race going to take place? Who’s going to take part in it?

Listen to today’s episode of the podcast for all the details!