Aircraft
How the Advanced Air Mobility Revolution is Gaining Momentum
New eVTOL aircraft could enter commercial service in less than three years, offering new opportunities for business aviation service providers.
Overair, which in August unveiled the design for its planned five-passenger Butterfly eVTOL.
Overair, which in August unveiled the design for its planned five-passenger Butterfly eVTOL.

If bullish timelines presented by developers of new electric aircraft to their financial backers turn out to be realistic, residents of cities like Miami and Los Angeles could be among the early adopters for a new mode of air transportation commonly referred to as—and some would say hyped—urban air mobility (UAM) or advanced air mobility (AAM).

What most of the pioneers have in mind are rapidly scaled-up networks of air-taxi flights in and around cities and also to connect communities in so-called sub-regional services. These would be operated with electric, or in some cases hybrid-electric, eVTOL or eSTOL aircraft, carrying between two and nine passengers. Freight operations are also set to be part of an evolution, which in the longer term could also see a transition from piloted to autonomous flights.

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