EcoJet Airlines, based in Edinburgh, launched in 2023 after being founded by entrepreneur and Ecotricity founder Dale Vince OBE and pilot Brent Smith.
It was billed as “the world’s first Electric Airline” and had a fleet comprised of conventional planes retrofitted with hydrogen-electric powertrains.
What has a nose, wings and runs off of hydrogen? Ecojet pic.twitter.com/y8QGiBdFe2
— ecotricity (@ecotricity) July 17, 2023
EcoJet Airlines flights across the UK were scheduled to begin in 2024, starting with an Edinburgh to Southampton route.
The company had also planned to expand to mainland Europe, with long-haul flights planned for the future.