FutureFlight On The Radar
New Advanced Air Mobility Reality Index Shows Shifts in eVTOL Rankings and Two New eSTOLs
SMG Consulting regularly updates its Advanced Air Mobility Reality Index, providing what it says is a data-driven assessment of companies trying to bring aircraft to market.

The latest update to SMG Consulting’s thought-provoking Advanced Air Mobility Reality Index adds a pair of new eSTOL manufacturers—Electra and Airflow. Among the eVTOL crowd, the index incorporates only two changes: Archer climbs to sixth place with a 7.2 ranking while Airbus’s CityAirbus moves down to just 4.5, perhaps because it is no more than a technology demonstrator and the European aerospace group remains silent as to whether it will ever bring an eVTOL design to market.

Ahead of Archer, in descending order from the top, the updated index lists Joby, Beta Technologies, Wisk, EHang, and Volocopter. Below Archer are the following eVTOL contenders: Hyundai Urban Air Mobility, Lilium, Eve, Sabrewing, and Vertical Aerospace.