Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) has announced a “reservation agreement” with French eco-tourism company Grands Espaces that will likely see it take one of the first three Airlander 10s off the production line.
It comes as the hybrid airship developer prepares to launch production this year from a site near Doncaster in northern England capable of delivering 12 aircraft annually, the exact location of which it is yet to confirm.
HAV had already said it holds reservations for three aircraft in the tourism and leisure sector but had not named the potential customers.
Grands Espaces was founded by Arctic scientist and author Christian Kempf and specialises in polar cruises, or “expeditions”, on small ships. It will use the aircraft, which can land on water and ice, to “offer its customers the opportunity to experience new adventures in hard to reach and undiscovered places”.
The company expects to take delivery of the Airlander 10 in 2028.
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