New Zealand Herald, 12 July 2018 – Air New Zealand has entered a partnership with the innovation arm of United States airline JetBlue Airways that has already invested in flying cars and electric planes.
The airlines announced an international innovation partnership around JetBlue Technology Ventures (JTV), the venture capital subsidiary of JetBlue Airways, a Silicon-Valley-based company, which incubates, invests in, and partners with early-stage start-ups.
Among JetBlue Technology’s existing moves has been an investment in Joby Aviation, a startup that’s developed an electric-powered short hop vertical takeoff taxi and Zunum Aero, a US company that’s developing a hybrid battery powered plane capable of flying up to 12 passengers more than 1000km by 2022. Read more…
