Skye Aviation orders 15 Bye Aerospace eFlyer 800s

Bye Aerospace (Denver, Colo., U.S.) announces that Skye Aviation LLC, an aircraft leasing company headquartered in Denver, Colo., has completed purchase deposits for 15 eFlyer 800 aircraft.

“Skye Aviation is the first all-electric aircraft leasing company in the world,” says George E. Bye, CEO of Bye Aerospace. “We are honored by their selection of the eFlyer 800 to be the foundation for their fleet, and we applaud their forward-reaching strategy. Momentum for electric aviation continues to grow at an incredible pace.” 

“Skye fully supports sustainable, safe aviation leasing solutions for our customers while at the same time slashing eCTOL [electric conventional take-off and landing] operating costs, aircraft noise, maintenance and supply requirements efforts,” adds Carol Johnson with Skye Aviation. “We embrace innovation that offers our customers far less capital-intensive solutions for training, passenger, air cargo, private, business, and military operations. In this sense, we all win.”

Bye Aerospace announced the eFlyer 800 program earlier this year in response to growing demands for regional all-electric airplanes with significantly reduced operating costs, plus increased capacity and utility. All the company’s current and future families of aircraft feature engineering, research and electric aircraft solutions are said to be designed to specifically address compelling market needs. Benefits include five-fold lower operating costs, no CO₂ emissions and decreased noise. The company estimates eFlyer will eventually eliminate the release of millions of metric tons of CO₂ each year as its deliveries begin and the general aviation fleet is replaced.

Bye Aerospace is in the process of obtaining FAA Part-23 certification for the composites-intensive eFlyer 2 for the professional flight training mission and the four-seat eFlyer 4 for air taxi, cargo and advanced training uses. The company currently has approximately 800 airplanes in its production backlog over its three models of eFlyer aircraft.