The new Greenbird consortium—which is working to develop advanced air mobility (AAM) in Australia—now has eight member organizations, with electric charging specialist Electro.Aero this week becoming the latest to join the group. Another key new participant is AMSL Aero, which seeks to bring what would be Australia’s first domestically built eVTOL aircraft to market.
According to Greenbird managing director Sara Hales, the country is well placed to be an early adopter of AAM technology and services. “Australia is politically stable, relatively wealthy, and has a unique set of mobility challenges that AAM is well-positioned to solve, particularly within the regional air mobility context,” she told FutureFlight. “Providing improved connectivity between geographically diverse areas is a good way to improve the economic and social performance of regional areas. AAM also offers opportunities to improve equity of access to transport and health care and to optimize [delivery of] other government services.”
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