Rex Airlines announces plan to retrofit existing fleet with electric-propulsion engines in regional

Rex Airlines announces plan to retrofit existing fleet with electric-propulsion engines in regional trial

A regional Australian airline has unveiled plans to retrofit some of its planes with electric-propulsion engines, describing it as the future of air travel.

Rex Airlines has flagged Mount Gambier, in regional South Australia, as one of the initial routes that will trial the electric planes in 2024, which promise to be quieter, less polluting and easier to maintain than the existing turbine engines.

It will be the first airline in Australia to trial electric commercial flights. Other smaller aviation companies have said they would be looking to do something similar by the end of the decade.

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