Regent Craft To Build 200 Seagliders for Mesa Airlines

Developer of electric ground-effect vehicles moves ahead with new funding.

Tuesday, February 08, 2022 at 06:12 PM ET

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Boston startup Regent Craft says a new round of funding will bring it closer to building a fleet of seagliders, wing-in-ground effect vehicles for transport over water. [Courtesy: Regent Craft]

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Regent Craft Inc. is developing electric "seagliders" – plane-boat hybrids – to provide faster and more efficient travel between coastal cities and islands.
Mesa Air Group plans to purchase 200 seagliders from Regent, participating in a funding round that aligns with Mesa's broader goal to decarbonize air travel.
Seagliders are "wing-in-ground effect vehicles" (WIGs) designed to cruise at 180 mph with reduced drag, promising significantly lower noise and emissions than current coastal transportation methods.

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People traveling between cities like New York and Boston know how frustratingly long and inefficient those trips can seem on regional airlines and trains. Driving can be even worse. But such commuters may be a step closer to faster travel on coastal routes.

Regent Craft Inc., a Boston company that is developing plane-boat hybrids called seagliders for transport between coastal cities and islands, said Tuesday that airline company Mesa Air Group (NASDAQ: MESA) plans to buy 200 of its vehicles.