Aura Aero, a France-based aircraft manufacturer and pioneer in decarbonised aviation, has just obtained the EASA Part 21J (industrial design) approval that complements the Part 21G (manufacturing) approval obtained in November 2021, officially marking it as a full aircraft manufacturer, from design to production.

This approval follows a 24 month audit on the Toulouse-Francazal site where the manufacturer's design office is located.

The Part 21J approval certifies that Aura Aero aircraft are compliant with aeronautical regulations in terms of design, manufacturing and equipment in the European context. It also certifies that the manufacturer uses regulatory airworthiness documents.

Two years after launching serial production for the Integral family, the two seat aircraft designed for training, leisure and aerobatics, and after the first flight of the Integral S last July, Aura Aero will shortly put the Integral R back into flight, while the tests of the first Integral E aircraft, the full-electric version, have already started.

ERA, the hybrid-electric regional transport 19 seat aircraft, the decarbonised solution for regional point to point air mobility, should enter into service in 2028.

"In the name of all the teams at Aura Aero, I can say that we are very proud to obtain this agreement today, a new step that validates our organisation as well as our choices and our industrial maturity. Just five years after launching the company, we have already made considerable progress, and the orders and marks of confidence that we receive encourage us to continue on this path," says co-founder and president Jérémy Caussade.