The 2020 Pipistrel Panthera, featured as a top pick and priced at $760,000, is a sleek, futuristic four-seat aircraft known for its aerodynamic efficiency. It offers impressive performance with a ...

Pipistrel's battery-powered Velis Electro aircraft has become the world's first electric airplane to be awarded type certification by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The ...

The US Federal Aviation Administration has granted Slovenian light aircraft manufacturer Pipistrel an airworthiness exemption for its Velis Electro trainer. The company, which is a subsidiary of ...

The Pipistrel Panthera four-seater aircraft successfully completed its first engine start and initial taxi tests, marking a significant development milestone. This progress keeps the Panthera on ...

Barely 20 years ago, Pipistrel was a virtual unknown in the aviation industry, a tiny Slovenian manufacturer of small ultralight aircraft. In June, the privately held company entered the history books ...

Slovenia’s Pipistrel Aircraft, best known for its range of lightweight two-seaters, is nearing the launch of a new hydrogen fuel-cell- and battery-powered 19-seat hybrid that it hopes will ...

It’s not easy being green — particularly if you’re learning to fly. Air travel has been slow to adopt clean energy, but while the next generation of aviators waits for commercial airlines to move away ...

The growing urban air mobility (UAM) industry is developing electric airplanes and rotorcraft at a breakneck pace. While most companies develop just one aircraft at a time, Pipistrel is the rare ...

Pipistrel’s two-seat Velis Electro was awarded type certification by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on June 10, the first electric aircraft in the world to do so. Derived from the ...

Textron is tapping into the market for low-cost intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft through new subsidiary Pipistrel, the Slovenian general aviation pioneer. Pipistrel’s ...

US industrial conglomerate Textron has completed its previously disclosed acquisition of Slovenia-based light aircraft manufacturer Pipistrel for about EUR218 million (USD236.5 million) in cash, ...