Many companies are now thinking about the creation of aircraft on electric traction. A young company Zunum Aero from Washington is developing passenger airliners with a hybrid powerplant: it is believed that gradually such aircraft will reduce the use of fuel, the main part of the route overcoming on electric traction. At airports where they will land, it is necessary to provide for the possibility of rapid charging or replacement of traction batteries for charged ones.
Carriers using hybrid airliners will be able to count on more active use of peripheral airports, and together with lower fuel costs, this will help increase the availability of air travel. Short routes, as representatives of Zunum Aero explain, form up to 40% of harmful emissions from aviation activities. The introduction of hybrid airliners will reduce the negative impact of aviation transport on the environment. In addition, the electric aircraft should make less noise. "Washington
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