ATEA – the most beautiful of them all?

Every once in a while, an aircraft design comes along that just looks great and feels right. In the case of the Ascendance Flight Technologies ATEA concept, the 8-fan hybrid design may just fit that sensibility.

Founded in 2018 by four former graduates of France’s top aerospace and business schools and with backgrounds in Airbus’s eFAN technology project, the company also boasts Board members from the likes of Renault and Safran.

With over two hundred eVTOL designs now in development worldwide, it seems obvious that not all will emerge past concept stage, never mind get past certification and be brought successfully to market.

Although not yet a fully electric design and with it 100% zero emissions, (ATEA is suggesting 80% reduction in carbon emissions initially), Ascendance Flight Technologies bring a very credible technological pedigree with a heavyweight board presence to steady the ship in what is likely be a very turbulent eVTOL marketplace.

And it sure does look great.