Flight demonstrates electric aviation at the scale of a commercial airliner, marking a major step toward bringing electric aircraft into everyday airline service. "With the first flight of X1, Heart Aerospace has demonstrated electric flight at the scale of a commercial airliner," said Anders Forslund, Founder and CEO of Heart Aerospace. The company's first production aircraft, the Heart ES-30, is a clean-sheet, 30-seat hybrid-electric regional aircraft designed to bring cost-efficient electric flight into everyday airline service.