Electra is preparing to start flight testing a technology demonstrator for its nine-passenger, hybrid-electric, ultra-short-takeoff-and landing aircraft.
Plumes of smoke from Canada's wildfires have caused historically poor air quality as well as low visibility, leading to delays at airports in the region.
Transport ministers from Austria, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Ireland have backed taxes to reduce carbon emissions from business aviation flights.
Japanese light-engine maker Kawasaki Motors is making an undisclosed investment in the French start-up that is developing the Cassio family of aircraft.
The Swiss-based private jet and helicopter operator has paid pre-delivery deposits to secure five of the four-passenger Pioneer Edition eVTOL aircraft.