Eviation Alice

This is why the future of short-haul flying is inevitably electric.

This is why, in 2019, Cape Air became the first commercial customer to order the Alice, a nine-passenger electric aircraft developed by startup aircraft manufacturer Eviation.

It will be able to fly each and every one of the airline's routes round trip without charging.

There are certainly no guarantees that the Alice will see the light of day.

Aircraft development is an incredibly costly, risky, and long process that can spell failure for even the strongest concepts.

But everything so far suggests that Eviation has just as much a shot at success as all the other players that have entered this race.

While Cape Air may be pioneering the use of these aircraft in the commercial context, as they have the advantage of a preexisting route network and business strategy that are conducive to their use, the release of such aircraft will fundamentally break a long-held truth about aviation.

Short-haul flying is currently more expensive per mile than long-haul flying due to the high fixed costs involved with the ground operations at each airport.