Regent Craft said it has entered an investment agreement with Hawaiian Airlines that will help support the design of Regent’s Monarch, a 100-passenger electric-powered seaglider the Boston-based company plans to have ready for commercial service by 2028.
Seagliders are boat-aircraft hybrids in a category of vehicles sometimes known by the acronym WIG, for wing-in-ground effect. They fly at low altitude over water to take advantage of the cushion of air between the wing and water that helps keep the craft airborne using less power than would be required to fly at higher altitudes like an airplane.
