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Loganair completes UK’s first commercial all‑electric flight using BETA ALIA on Glasgow–Dundee mail run

On 19–20 March 2026 Loganair operated BETA Technologies' ALIA CTOL battery‑electric demonstrator between Glasgow and Dundee, completing the UK's first commercial all‑electric airline flight. The sortie is part of a two‑week test campaign using initial mail‑delivery runs to remote Scottish communities to validate operations.

Discovered 2026-03-19T08:59:21.747415-07:00 | 2026-03-19T08:59:21.747415-07:00

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  • Demonstrates operational maturity of BETA's ALIA demonstrator after operator campaigns in New Zealand and Norway, reinforcing real‑world validation for battery‑electric regional aircraft [source:6055ff94-6265-45bc-a39f-1258c1dc69dd] [source:e5468de8-8d30-4b78-b497-31473ede990f]

  • Using mail deliveries between Glasgow and Dundee provides a pragmatic near‑term commercial use case for low‑emission regional services and tests airline operational integration during a focused two‑week programme

  • The flight complements BETA's broader program momentum, including accelerated Alia MV250 development and participation in regulatory integration pilots, signalling faster pathways to commercial and logistics applications [source:5311ae32-63d6-401f-b924-2c71ec9c1741] [source:cef24d64-c691-4ad8-8886-bba5b31b7330]

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