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Lyte Launches Private Hydrogen-electric VTOL Aircraft

Lyte Aviation has introduced a 19-seat version of its LA-44 hydrogen-electric VTOL aircraft aimed at business and private aviation users. On Thursday, South Korean charter flight start-up Ghenus Air became the prospective launch customer as part of a preorder agreement for 10 aircraft, including three of the new LA-44 X Prime model, four of the 40-seat LA-44 SkyBus, and three of the LA-44C SkyTruck.

According to Lyte Aviation, its LA-44 X Prime aircraft will have the same 620-mile range as the other variants. Founder and CEO Freshta Farzam told AIN that she is in talks with aircraft completion specialists and aims to unveil cabin interior designs in the next few weeks. She indicated that the customer base might include families in the Middle East requiring door-to-door transportation, or corporations seeking convenient shuttle flights for employees.

Seoul-based Ghenus Air hopes to take delivery from Lyte Aviation around five or six years from now. The operator, which has been in business for just over a year, wants to branch out into air taxi operations from its current VIP car service business model in locations including the Korean capital and Los Angeles. According to Ghenus Air CEO Joseph Kim, his company intends to provide flights to smaller regional airports that do not currently have commercial air service.