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Metro Aviation Flies Beta’s Alia on North Carolina Medical Runs
Electric airplane connected Raleigh-area hospitals with the Outer Banks
Beta Alia CX300 aircraft in Metro Aviation livery
Metro Aviation flew Beta’s all-electric Alia CX300 airplane on medical and disaster-response missions under the FAA’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program. © Beta Technologies

Beta Technologies flew more than 16 medical and disaster-response missions across North Carolina this month under the FAA’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP), connecting hospitals in the Raleigh-Durham area, known as the Research Triangle, with the state’s rural and coastal communities.

The South Burlington, Vermont-based company started flying in eLIFT-NC, North Carolina’s eIPP project, on September 17 with its all-electric Alia CX300 conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) airplane.

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