On this occasion, the company officially announced some new projects, among which an electric 19 seater aircraft, supported by the Occitanie region of France, with which the manufacturer aims to lead the low-carbon regional transport market.

In order to go into mass production of Integral R, the new generation two-seater, and to start developing new aircraft, Aura Aero now has a 3,500m² site.

Dating back to 1937, the HM7 was the French Air Force’s first hangar and is the ideal location for Aura Aero.

On this site, hosting the entire production chain on a single location – design office, manufacturing and final assembly line, testing and customer delivery zones – Aura Aero plans to assemble 30 aircraft in 2022 and 50 in 2023.

Besides this new installation, marking the start of production of the Integral family, 2021 will be the year of the certification for Integral R. The first aircraft in the Integral family performed its maiden flight in June 2020 and its first deliveries will take place at the end of this year.

This year will also see the first flight, this summer, of Integral S, the tricycle landing gear version, still powered by thermic thrust and intended for professional civil and military pilots and for recreational flying.

The electric version, Integral E, which will take to the air in 2022 and already has a backlog of 50 order intentions.

But beyond this, Aura Aero aims to become a key player in low-carbon general aviation, by developing an electric thrust 19 seater regional transport aircraft. ERA (Electrical Regional Aircraft) should perform its maiden flight in 2024, with an EIS planned for 2026.

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