Beijing Airlink Unveils Belyn 100HF and 100HP Concepts

Beijing Airlink Aircraft unveiled one-fifth-scale models of the Belyn 100HF and Belyn 100HP at the Nanchang Aviation Industry Expo. The company plans to display a full-scale model of one principal design in Zhuhai on December 7, 2026.

The announcement marks an early design program, not a flying product. Neither concept has a disclosed flight-test date, certification application, performance target, launch customer or delivery schedule.

What does this change for operators? For now, little in fleet planning: no published figures allow operators to compare acquisition cost, fuel burn, payload, range or the routes each concept could support.

How do the propulsion systems differ?

The Belyn 100HF would use a parallel-hybrid propulsion system, combining a conventional engine with electric assistance. Beijing Airlink says it is “targeting long-distance flights,” but gives no range, cruise-speed or endurance figure.

The Belyn 100HP would use a series-hybrid arrangement: the engine would generate electricity, which would then power electric propulsion. The announcement provides no prototype or flight-test result for either concept, so the distinction remains an architectural proposal rather than a demonstrated performance difference.

Founded in March 2026 and based in Beijing’s Shunyi district, Beijing Airlink is pursuing aircraft in the 10-seat and 50-seat categories. The announcement gives no cabin, range or payload figures for either model.

Beijing Airlink completed its first financing round in June 2026, led by Xinding Capital, without disclosing the amount. General manager Zhang Xinyuan said the funding would support “aircraft design, technical validation and recruitment.”

The company plans to develop the aircraft configuration and key technologies while consulting potential operators and suppliers. It names no airline, lessor or committed customer, and identifies no maintenance, repair and overhaul provider or airworthiness regulator. The commercial and certification paths therefore remain undefined.

What has actually flown?

The Belyn program remains at model stage in the announcement. Established manufacturers are testing related technologies, although their programs remain at different stages and do not certify Airlink’s concepts.

GE Aerospace completed ground tests in 2025 on a modified Passport turbofan with NASA. The tests demonstrated electrical power extraction and injection, research intended to support hybrid-electric engines for future single-aisle airliners; they did not establish Belyn range or business-jet applicability.

Pratt & Whitney Canada is developing a hybrid-electric propulsion system pairing a turbine engine with a one-megawatt electric motor from Collins Aerospace. Flight testing is planned for 2027 aboard a modified Dash 8-100, so that program remains a future test commitment rather than completed flight evidence.

In general aviation, Daher, Safran and Airbus completed flight testing of the EcoPulse demonstrator in 2024. Based on a Daher TBM, it carried six electric propellers along its wings.

The EcoPulse program logged approximately 100 flight hours and examined battery performance, high-voltage electrical systems, weight and certification. Those hours provide evidence of systems experimentation, not type certification or commercial service readiness.

What operators can and cannot conclude

The Belyn 100HF’s long-distance objective is the program’s clearest commercial claim, but it remains unverified. Without a prototype flight record, backlog, delivery schedule or disclosed battery and fuel data, operators cannot judge fuel efficiency, how payload affects range or dispatch reliability.

The 100HP’s series architecture places the engine upstream of electric propulsion, requiring the two to operate as an integrated system. The 10-seat and 50-seat categories make capacity a central design variable, but the announcement supplies no system power, battery capacity, cruise performance, acquisition price or maintenance-cost figures. Neither concept yet supports a defensible cost-per-seat or network-deployment case.

Scale-model presentation and an undisclosed funding round can support early design and supplier discussions, but they do not substitute for flight and certification evidence. The next concrete checkpoint is Beijing Airlink’s December 7, 2026 full-scale-model display in Zhuhai. The June financing gives the startup resources for design, validation and hiring, but a certificated aircraft with verified economics remains several development steps away.