The Allplane Podcast

• The Allplane Podcast #124, the state of the eVTOL industry with Gary Vermaak

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• The Allplane Podcast #123 with Delta Air Lines Chief Sustainability Officer, Amelia DeLuca

  In this episode of the podcast we welcome Amelia DeLuca, Chief Sustainability Officer at Delta Air Lines.Besides being one of the World’s largest airlines, Delta, is also a very active player in the field of air travel innovation and decarbonization.Delta has committed to getting to net zero by 2050 with Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) expected to play a big role in achieving this goal. To this end, Delta has signed a string of SAF deals across the US and is also working with SAF producers in several states to increase supply of this so-far scarce type of fuel. Delta intends to use 10% of SAF in its fuel mix by 2030 and to increase this figure to 35% by 2035. But this is not the only path to decarbonization that Delta is exploring. In fact, when it comes to sustainability, Delta is active on so many fronts that it has created the Delta Sustainable Skies Lab to gather all its sustainability-focused initiatives under one roof. Remarkably, just as Delta is marking its centenary, it is also actively investing in technologies that promise to re-shape the way to travel in the next 100 years. Two examples of this policy are Delta’s is investment in leading eVTOL developer Joby Aviation and its strategic partnership with JetZero, a startup developing a revolutionary blended-wing-body aircraft concept capable of halving fuel consumption, all while redefining completely the passenger experience.So, tune in to listen to Amelia talking about all these exciting projects and explaining how they fit into Delta’s vision of the future of commercial aviation!

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• The Allplane Podcast #122, with Flynow’s Co-founder Yvonne Winter

  Flynow is an Austrian eVTOL developer with big ambitions and, so far, a low media profile. But you can be sure that if you ever come across one of its eCopters, with its distinctive capsule-like, tail-less shape, it will catch your eye!Yvonne Winter, our guest in this episode of the podcast, is the co-founder and CCO of this startup, which aims to produce tens of thousands of electrically-powered eCopter eVTOLs, both for cargo and passenger transportation. The idea is that the eCopters will be automated fly so that costs go down to the point when eCopters become competitive with land transport.Despite being based at the foot of the Alps, it may be the Saudi deserts that may first see the eCopters in action, though, since Flynow is working with a local partner to produce and test these small aircraft in the Middle Eastern Kingdom.In our conversation, Yvonne enumerate the advantages of the approach Flynow has chosen and why she is confident the eCopter will soon be operating commercial missions, in Saudi Arabia first and then elsewhere. So, tune in for an interesting conversation about the no nonsense way to design an eVTOL: leveraging proven technologies, set for itself achievable goals and made small steps towards their fulfillment!

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• The Allplane Podcast #121 - with Electra CEO, Marc Allen, & Flyvbird Founder, Tomislav Lang

  This episode has two exceptional guests because more often than not, innovation doesn’t happen in isolation. Great successful products and services are those that fast achieve product-market fit and this is precisely what we are going to talk about here today.Our guests are Marc Allen, CEO of Electra, a US startup that is developing a hybrid-electric ultra-short take-off and landing aircraft capable of landing in incredibly short open spaces, and Tomislav Land, co-founder and CEO of Flyvbird, a startup airline based in Germany which aims to transform regional air travel with an on-demand capilar air mobility network.At this point, I must say that Tomislav is, actually, a veteran of this podcast, since he was here already in 2022 when Flyvbird was starting to take shape.Quite a few things have happened since then, so we do examine with Marc and Tomislav the current state of the industry, and talk about what the market is asking for right now.And while it is true that the market has cooled somehow when it comes to some of the most complex cleansheet aircraft projects from the point of view of technology, regulatory burdens and capital requirements, there is still plenty of appetite for advanced air mobility projects that are low risk, clean, safe and efficient.And Electra’s EL9 aircraft, which is currently undergoing development and evaluation, among others, by the US military, seems to tick pretty much all these boxes. Marc will provide us with some insights about the current status of the project and the steps it is taking towards certification, while Tomislav will explain how it fits perfectly in Flyvbird’s plans to build a new generation on-demand regional airline. Last but not least, both CEOs also talk about the ways they are collaborating to ensure success through the so much sough-after product-market fit.Tune in to learn more about one of the most non-nonsense cleansheet aircraft projects right now in the market!

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• The Allplane Podcast #120 - latest in hydrogen aviation with Josef Kallo (H2FLY)

  Josef Kallo is a true sustainable aviation pioneer. He was already working on hydrogen-powered aircraft back in 2013, when few outside a small circle had heard about sustainable aviation or alternative propulsion technologies.Fast forward to 2021 and H2FLY, the company he has been leading for over a decade, made headlines after being acquired by Joby Aviation, one of the forerunners in the advanced air mobility race.During all this time, H2FLY has been steadily and quietly making strides in the field of hydrogen propulsion and, in September 2023, it made history be being the first to fly an aircraft on liquid hydrogen, a technology that poses some interesting technology challenges.What is H2FLY currently working on? What is the future of hydrogen-powered aviation? What role is H2FLY going to play in also powering the eVTOL revolution?Tune in for an in-depth conversation with one of the world’s leading experts in hydrogen aviation, Josef Kallo!

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