AURA AERO Delivers First INTEGRAL R to Dijon Voltige



Photo captions and credits :
- Wilfried Dufaud, Co-founder, Executive Director and Head of Airworthiness of Aura Aero; Stéphane Thibodaux, President of Dijon Voltige; Fabien Raison, Co-founder and Chief Operations Office ©Aura Aero
- The AURA AERO team celebrating the reception of the first INTEGRAL R ©Aura Aero
- Dijon Voltige’s INTEGRAL R ©Aura Aero







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PRESS

RELEASE


Toulouse-Francazal

Airport,

France,

8

April

2025



Reception

of

the

first

INTEGRAL

R

by

Dijon

Voltige

(France),


who

becomes

the

launch

customer

for


AURA

AERO*’s

two-seater

training

aircraft

with

aerobatic

capabilities



Three

months

after

the

certification

of

its

INTEGRAL

R

aircraft,

AURA

AERO*

officialized

yesterday

the

reception

of

the

first

INTEGRAL

R

by

Dijon

Voltige,

France’s

iconic

aerobatics

club,

who

becomes

the

launch

customer

for

this

aircraft.


«

Dijon

Voltige

has

trusted

us

from

the

beginning

and

has

supported

us

throughout

the

aircraft

development

process.

We

are

very

proud

to

share

with

them

this

key

moment

in

the

company’s

history

»,

said

Jérémy

Caussade,

Co-founder

and

CEO

of

the

company.


The

reception

of

INTEGRAL

R

marks

the

culmination

of

a

five-year

certification

and

production

process.

INTEGRAL

R

performed

its

first

flight

in

June

2020,

at

Toulouse-Francazal

airport.

Tests,

as

part

of

the

certification

campaign,

ended

on

8

November

2024

and

EASA

certification

was

delivered

on

18

December

2024.

Series

production

was

launched

straight

after,

with

a

target

production

rate

of

15

aircraft

in

2025.


«

Our

teams

are

in

full

swing

on

the

production

lines

to

deliver

to

our

customers,

in

compliance

with

the

highest

standards

of

quality.

We

are

looking

forward

to

producing

these

aircraft

in

our

Toulouse

plant,

where

all

our

know-how

is

concentrated.

INTEGRAL

R

is

just

the

beginning

of

the

story

for

us

»
,

said

Fabien

Raison,

Co-founder

and

Chief

Operations

Officer.


For

Dijon

Voltige,

the

fact

that

AURA

AERO*

offers

a

plane

delivering

the

highest

standards

in

terms

of

safety

clearly

counted

in

the

choice.

«

INTEGRAL

R

is

the

safest

aircraft

in

its

category,

especially

with

its

whole

aircraft

rescue

parachute.

Safety

is

paramount

for

us

in

the

choice

of

an

aerobatics

aircraft

»
,

explains

Stéphane

Thibodaux,

President

of

Dijon

Voltige.


AURA

AERO*

is

also

developing

a

digital

interface

so

that

its

customers

can

have

access

to

personalized

service,

at

any

point

in

their

aircraft’s

lifecycle.

Thanks

to

the

cutting-edge

technology

embedded

in

INTEGRAL

R
,

customers

can

log

onto

their

account

and

access

all

the

flight

data,

obtain

a

detailed

debrief

of

pilot

and

aircraft

behavior,

and

anticipate

maintenance

operations,

significantly

optimizing

the

availability

time

of

their

aircraft.

This

feature

will

be

operational

by

the

second

half

of

2025.



About

AURA

AERO*: 

A

pioneer

in

low-carbon

aviation,

AURA

AERO*

is

committed

to

serve

mankind

by

designing

and

manufacturing

aircraft

that

accelerate

air

transport

decarbonization.

By

combining

the

best

in

the

aeronautical

industry

with

state-of-the-art

digital

technologies,

AURA

AERO*

produces

new

generation

aircraft

with

unrivaled

efficiency:

I N T E G R A L
,

the

two-seater

training

aircraft

with

an

aerobatics

capacity,

and

E R A
,

the

19-seater

hybrid-electric

regional

aircraft.. 

Founded

in

2018,

AURA

AERO*

is

based

at

Toulouse-Francazal

airport

in

France

and

employs

nearly

250

people.

Having

obtained

design

and

production

agreements,

the

company

confirms

its

status

as

a

fully

recognized

aircraft

manufacturer.

AURA

AERO*

is

supported

by

the

Occitanie

Region,

the

BPI

(French

Public

Investment

Bank)

and

venture

capital

firm

Innovacom.

Laureate

of

the

European

fund

EIC

Accelerator,

of

Innovation

Fund

and

of

the

France

2030

program,

AURA

AERO*

is

a

member

of

the

steering

committee

of

AZEA

(Alliance

for

Zero

Emission

Aviation),

and

is

one

of

the

16

founder-companies

of

the

European

Future

Mobility

Taskforce.

AURA

AERO*

is

one

of

the

rare

companies

to

have

received

the

European

Union’s

STEP

seal,

which

highlights

projects

developing

innovative

technologies

in

the

field

of

energy,

industry

and

digital

technologies

for

applications

related

to

space.



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Photo captions and credits :
- Wilfried Dufaud, Co-founder, Executive Director and Head of Airworthiness of Aura Aero; Stéphane Thibodaux, President of Dijon Voltige; Fabien Raison, Co-founder and Chief Operations Office ©Aura Aero
- The AURA AERO team celebrating the reception of the first INTEGRAL R ©Aura Aero
- Dijon Voltigeâs INTEGRAL R ©Aura Aero
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Caroline BROWN
AURA AERO Media Relations
CB Relations Presse
Relations Presse & Rédaction
Media Relations & Editorial
+ 33 (0)6 22 08 86 23
caroline.brown.rp@gmail.com