Avinor announces completion of 126 BETA Technologies eVTOL test flights in Norway
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Background ✨
Avinor and Bristow Group completed Norway's first electric aviation test project on 28-Jan-2026 after six months of cargo-route operations between Stavanger and Bergen, totalling 126 flights and 16,201km, with Avinor EVP sustainability and infrastructure Karianne Helland Strand saying the work informed airport and charging infrastructure planning and route viability assessments1. Avinor installed a 300kW electric aircraft charger at Stavanger Sola Airport and arranged a mobile charging solution for Bergen Flesland Airport ahead of the 2025 trials2.