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Orlando Readies for Advanced Air Mobility Takeoff

eVTOL air service seen as a regional solution for Central Florida

NBAA Orlando Regional forum AAM session — Advanced air mobility is a “regional solution” and Orlando, Florida, has a big use case, according to panelists during a session at the NBAA regional forum at Orlando Executive Airport. L-r: NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen; Kevin Thibault, CEO of the Greater Orlando Airport Authority; and Jacques Coulon, mobility innovation manager for the city of Orlando. © Chad Trautvetter/AIN

By Chad Trautvetter • Online Editor

February 26, 2025

Orlando, Florida, is racing to be one of the first cities to establish advanced air mobility (AAM) services in the 2027 timeframe, local officials and business aviation representatives said today at the NBAA regional forum at Orlando Executive Airport (KORL). And business aviation is a key enabler for AAM infrastructure, as well as a “technology incubator” for new electric aircraft propulsion systems, NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen said during the forum’s opening session.

Kevin Thibault, CEO of the Greater Orlando Airport Authority, noted that the airport has a “future-ready master plan” that includes provisions for eVTOL air service. He added that state and local officials and other stakeholders held a tabletop exercise for AAM last week with a focus on Orlando International Airport (KMCO). “We tackled things such as where vertiports can be located.”

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