{"id":16344,"date":"2021-12-31T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T03:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=16344"},"modified":"2021-12-30T21:36:33","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T16:06:33","slug":"spicexpress-eyes-electric-fleet-by-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/31\/spicexpress-eyes-electric-fleet-by-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"SpiceXpress eyes electric fleet by 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><strong>SpiceXpress, the cargo division currently being spun off by parent SpiceJet \u2013 has confirmed it is exploring the acquisition of electric freighters <\/strong>being developed by US-based Bye Aerospace (Denver Centennial).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong><em>&#8220;We have signed a preliminary MoU [Memorandum of Understanding] to work collaboratively on this,\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p><cite>confirmed Chief Executive Officer Sanjiv Gupta<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image-spicexpress-eyeing-electrification-of-freighter-fleet-by-2024-report-164086438177428.jpg\" alt=\"SpiceXpress, the cargo division currently being spun off by parent SpiceJet \u2013 has confirmed it is exploring\" class=\"wp-image-16346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image-spicexpress-eyeing-electrification-of-freighter-fleet-by-2024-report-164086438177428.jpg 850w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image-spicexpress-eyeing-electrification-of-freighter-fleet-by-2024-report-164086438177428-600x315.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image-spicexpress-eyeing-electrification-of-freighter-fleet-by-2024-report-164086438177428-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image-spicexpress-eyeing-electrification-of-freighter-fleet-by-2024-report-164086438177428-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image-spicexpress-eyeing-electrification-of-freighter-fleet-by-2024-report-164086438177428-750x394.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background\">He was responding to a query from ch-aviation following a report by <strong>The Hindu Business<\/strong> <strong>Line that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spicexpress.com\">SpiceXpress<\/a> <\/strong>had inked an. MoU with India\u2019s Pifore Group to work together on a pilot project to promote <strong>carbon emission-free electric aircraft<\/strong>. Pifore in turn had signed an MoU with Colorado-based Bye. Aerospace to deliver five electric cargo aircraft to be leased by. SpiceXpress<strong> by 2024 and another five by 2026<\/strong>. The total investment was reportedly between <strong>INR300 million rupee (USD4 million) and INR500 million (USD6.6 million).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Pifore Group also provides <strong>engineering, construction, and technical services <\/strong>for public\/government agencies and private sector companies in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bye Aerospace specialises in the design and manufacture of electric aircraft, including unmanned aircraft. <strong>Also The company is in the process of FAA certifying a family of electric aircraft, including:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-white-color has-midnight-gradient-background has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li>The two-seat eFlyer 2;<\/li><li>The four-seat eFlyer 4;<\/li><li>The eight to twelve-seat seat eFlyer 800 business jet.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Gupta confirmed to ch-aviation that SpiceXpress is still in the process of being <strong>hived-off<\/strong> from its parent company, which will see it operating on its own <strong>Air Operator\u2019s Certificate (AOC).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>The cargo specialist currently deploys a fleet of three <strong>B737-700(BDSF)s<\/strong>, two B737-800(BCF)s, and seven <strong>DHC-8-Q400s<\/strong>, according to ch-aviation fleets advanced data.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"862\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image_862X494_12.jpg\" alt=\"SpiceXpress, the cargo division currently being spun off by parent SpiceJet \u2013 has confirmed it is exploring\" class=\"wp-image-16347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image_862X494_12.jpg 862w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image_862X494_12-600x344.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image_862X494_12-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image_862X494_12-768x440.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image_862X494_12-750x430.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-pale-pink-background-color has-text-color has-background\">Moreover SpiceXpress reported a 5% <strong>increase in revenue of INR4.97 billion (USD66.5 million) <\/strong>for the second quarter ending September.  30, 2021, compared to <strong>INR4.73 billion (USD63.3 million)<\/strong> in the last quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Stay tuned and updated with Aviationa2z.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpiceXpress, the cargo division currently being spun off by parent SpiceJet <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6761],"tags":[4969,4971,4972,4968,4365,4970,446,1014],"class_list":{"0":"post-16344","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-carbon-emissions-free","9":"tag-construction","10":"tag-denver-centennial","11":"tag-electric-fleet","12":"tag-engineering","13":"tag-pifore","14":"tag-spicejet","15":"tag-spicexpress"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16344"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16348,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16344\/revisions\/16348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}