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Norway
Editorials from Civil Aviation Authority of Norway
NORWAY BREAKS GROUND AS AN INTERNATIONAL TEST ARENA FOR ZERO- AND LOW-EMISSION AVIATION
The First Agreement to Test Electric Aircraft in Norway
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The first formal agreement to use Norway as an international Test Arena for Zero- and Low-Emission Aviation were signed in the beginning of March 2025.
In April 2024, Avinor and the Civil Aviation Authority Norway entered a collaboration to establish Norway as an international test arena for zero- and low-emission aviation.
On March 4, 2025, the first formal agreement for demonstration flights was signed at Bergen Airport, Flesland, with American aircraft manufacturer BETA Technologies and Bristow Norway AS, a subsidiary of Bristow Group Inc.​​​​​​
Demonstration Flights Start in Q3 2025​
The demonstration flights will be cargo flights without passengers, conducted using BETA's ALIA CX300 conventional take-off and landing (eCTOL) aircraft, which will be flown by Bristow Norway. The cargo flights will operate initially between Stavanger Airport and Bergen Airport, starting from Stavanger in late summer, with the entire route commencing later in the fall. BETA recently completed the production build of the ALIA aircraft that will perform these demonstrations. The aircraft, BETA's second production-intent vehicle, was manufactured at the company's scaled production factory in Burlington, Vermont, USA and has already received airworthiness certification for VFR, IFR, day and night flying from the FAA.
Broad Involvement​The goal of the test arena is to gain knowledge, learning, and to prepare the ecosystem and set the foundation for scaling. This means involving airlines, manufacturers, supplier industries, the energy sector, and other stakeholders.– Aviation is a safe mode of transport and a well-regulated sector. As the aviation authority, we will ensure that new technologies can be tested in accordance with regulations. We will learn how regulations and frameworks need to evolve to enable new technologies and concepts.
Through this, we will build the necessary expertise early on for the solutions of tomorrow.– We are now establishing a connection point between the aviation industry and the support system in line with the government's objectives, says Director General of Civil Aviation Authority of Norway, Lars E. de Lange Kobberstad.
About Norway
Norway is a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe, occupying the western and northern portions of the Scandinavian peninsula.
The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of 385,207 square kilometres (148,729 sq mi) and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022.[14] The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of 1,619 km (1,006 mi). It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea.
Norway Stats
53 mln in 2023
Arriving and departing passengers
Aircraft on national register grand total
1 138 in 2023​
54 in 2023
Number of airports
2 039 000 km²
Size of FIR