United Airlines is putting down another bet on electric air travel as part of its objective to diminish its greenhouse gas emissions 100% by 2050.

The organization’s investment arm, United Airlines Ventures (UAV), as well as its accomplices Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) and Mesa Airlines, have reported a new investment in Gothenburg, Sweden–based electric airplane startup Heart Aerospace, which will quick track the advancement of its ES-19 electric airplanes to start commercial service by 2026.

A United representative declined to reveal the financial terms of the investment. Heart Aerospace CEO Anders Forslund affirmed to FOX Business that the startup raised a total $35 million from investors in its most recent funding round.

Notwithstanding the investment, United has restrictively consented to buy 100 ES-19 airplanes, when the airplane meets the airline’s safety, business and operating requirements. Mesa Airlines, United’s key accomplice in bringing electric airplane into commercial service, has likewise consented to add 100 ES-19 airplanes to its armada, subject to comparative prerequisites.

When operational, the ES-19 will actually want to fly on more than 100 of United’s provincial courses out of the majority of its center points, including Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) to Purdue University Airport (LAF) and San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Modesto City-County Airport (MOD).

The 19-seat plane, which utilizes electric motors rather than jet engines and batteries rather than jet fuel, can possibly fly clients up to 250 miles. The ES-19 will be a bigger airplane than any of everything electric contenders and have zero functional emissions.

Breakthrough Energy Ventures’ Carmichael Roberts says the ES-19 will be “transformational in reducing the emissions of the industry” and empower minimal expense, tranquil and clean local travel on a wide scale for a portion of the expense.

UAV president Michael Leskinen noticed that the aircraft perceives its clients “want even more ownership of their own carbon emissions footprint” and accentuated the short-pull provincial air travel market will assume a vital part in the ES-19’s advancement.

“As battery technology improves, larger-gauge aircraft should become viable but we’re not going to wait to begin the journey,” Leskinen added. “That’s why we’re looking forward to beginning our work with Heart, so that, together, we can scale the availability of electric airliners and use them for passenger flights within the next five years.”

Notwithstanding Heart Aerospace, United reported a concurrence with California-based air mobility organization Archer in February to buy up to 200 of Archer’s completely electric air taxicabs to help rapidly transport United clients to the air terminal. The battery-powered airplane, which is relied upon to be operational as early as 2024, will move clients from up to 60 miles away and at rates of up to 150 miles each hour.

United additionally plans to buy no less than 15 Overture jets from Colorado-based Boom Supersonic, equipped for going at velocities of Mach 1.7 (around 1,300 mph) and cutting the flight time among Newark and London to only three and a half hours, Newark to Frankfurt, Germany in four hours and San Francisco to Tokyo in six hours. The Overture jets are required to start flying in 2026 and convey travelers by 2029.

Commercial aviation represents about 2% of global carbon emissions, as per the International Council on Clean Transportation.