Archer Aviation, the eVTOL specialist and FBO and aviation services provider, Atlantic Aviation, have agreed to focus on establishing sites for electric aircraft operations in Los Angeles and New York City metropolitan areas, as well as Northern California and South Florida. The launch of these locations is anticipated in 2025 with John Redcay, Atlantic Aviation Chief Commercial and Sustainability Officer saying: “We are excited to work together to electrify our aviation assets to enable quiet and sustainable urban air travel in cities across the US.”
Both companies plan to electrify several of Atlantic Aviation’s existing assets to support future electric aircraft operations, including Archers’ Midnight air taxi – a piloted four passenger aircraft, at Atlantic Aviation locations across four key launch markets. The plan is to leverage existing relationships with BETA technologies to install BETA’s interoperable rapid recharging systems. These systems use the Combined Charging System (CCS) which is endorsed by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and is already used by several original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) across the industry.
“We are excited to work with Atlantic to help electrify their vast portfolio of high=value aviation assets in America’s most congested cities including the New York, Los Angeles, Miami and San Francisco markets,” said Nikhil Goel, Archers’ CCO. “These initial eVTOL vertiport locations will provide a launching pad for future expansion across Atlantic’s portfolio and ensure that our Midnight aircraft has safe, centrally located landing facilities for our future passengers.”
Header image: Representative Atlantic FBOs including development intended to serve future eVTOL operations via agreement with Archer. Image supplied by Archer Aviation.
