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Advanced Air Mobility Aspirations Were High On The Agenda At Heli-Expo Show
Industry leaders shared insights into what the new air transportation services will look like and the issues they are facing to launch operations with new electric aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility leaders panel session at the 2023 Heli-Expo show.
Leaders from eVTOL aircraft developers and operators presented the case for advanced air mobility to the mainstream rotorcraft community at the 2023 Heli-Expo show. (Image: AIN/Charles Alcock)

Advanced air mobility (AAM) revolutionaries took center stage at the Heli-Expo show this week, sharing their lofty plans for deploying eVTOL vehicles to revolutionize the way people and things get moved around. Assuming the pioneers can meet their ambitious targets for achieving type certification, the first commercial services could take to the air in 2025, and they are already painting an increasingly vivid picture of what the new wave of air transportation will look like.

HAI’s AAM Leaders panel session included executives from eVTOL developers Archer Aviation, Beta Technologies, and Jaunt Air Mobility, which is set for an initial public offering as part of the Airo Group.  It also heard from two prospective operators, Blade Air Mobility and Bristow, as well as from the FAA on how the agency’s new Innovate 28 program aims to support initial trial operations in several U.S. early adopter communities by 2028.