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Business Aviation Group Installs Beta's Electric Aircraft Charging Stations
Beta Technologes' 320 kilowatt charging equipment has been designed to work with any type of electric aircraft or ground vehicle.
Beta's Alia aircraft at Elmira Regional Airport in New York
Elmira Regional Airport in New York now has Beta Technologies's electric aircraft charging equipment available at the Atlantic Aviation FBO. (Image: Beta)

Business aviation services group Atlantic Aviation has started installing electric charging stations at its FBOs through a partnership with aircraft manufacturer Beta Technologies. The first charger has been installed at Atlantic’s facility at Elmira Regional Airport in upstate New York, and the partners announced on Tuesday they will also install the equipment at Alabama’s Birmingham International Airport, Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport in Mississippi, and Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport in Massachusetts.

Beta, which is developing both eVTOL and fixed-wing versions of its Alia airplane, has designed its “technology agnostic” charging stations to work with multiple aircraft types, as well as electric ground vehicles. The Vermont-based company has now installed chargers at 17 locations across the U.S. and has another 55 sites in the permitting or construction process.