Archer

Flying into the future, together. ✈️ Now that the Federal Aviation Administration has issued our Part 135 Air Carrier & Operator Certificate, we're one major step closer to launching commercial operations with airline partners including United Airlines in New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and more. Learn more about this milestone: https://lnkd.in/gRce2eJ7

🛫 CERTIFICATION UPDATE | We're excited to share that we’ve received FAA certification to begin operating as an airline. By receiving our Part 135 Air Carrier & Operator Certificate, we are now allowed to begin operating aircraft commercially with airline partners like United Airlines once Midnight achieves its Type Certification. Here are the key takeaways: ✈️ We plan to begin using conventional aircraft now to refine our systems and procedures in advance of launching Midnight into service when we receive Midnight’s Type Certification 📲 We have now received both our Part 145 and Part 135 certificates from the Federal Aviation Administration, which are the two key operational certificates required from the FAA for us to be in a position to begin our air taxi operations when Midnight receives Type Certification https://lnkd.in/gRce2eJ7

🏆 DESIGN AS A DIFFERENTIATOR | We're excited to share that Midnight won the Platinum A'Design Award, a testament to our commitment to enhancing the passenger experience with a safe, world-class design. Learn more about the design details here: https://lnkd.in/d5c7rUFp

Thanks again to InterGlobe Enterprises Founder Rahul Bhatia and CEO Aditya Pande for another great meeting as we advance our partnership together. We think India could end up being the largest eVTOL market in the world and there's no better partner in the world than InterGlobe to unlock the massive potential this market holds.

🇰🇷 ARCHER IN KOREA | Korea’s Minister of Transport announced that Archer will join 카카오모빌리티(Kakaomobility) as their eVTOL partner and fund Archer's commercialization efforts in the country. Here are the key takeaways: 🤝 INITIAL PAYMENT | Kakao Mobility will pay Archer $7M in 2024 with a second installment due in January of 2025 to support early air taxi commercialization efforts in Korea ✈️ AIRCRAFT ORDER | Kakao Mobility plans to purchase up to 50 of Archer’s Midnight aircraft worth up to ~$250M with pre-delivery payments also expected in 2025 🏙️ URBAN AIR MOBILITY EXPANSION | The consortium aims to jointly commercialize eVTOL operations in South Korea in 2026. Kakao Mobility plans to offer its 30M+ users the opportunity to travel via Archer’s Midnight electric air taxis in the country's largest cities ✈️ DEMONSTRATION FLIGHTS | In a joint effort to garner public support in commercialization UAM, Archer and Kakao, along with its consortium partners LG Uplus Corp. and GS E&C, will conduct public demo flights as part of the K-UAM Grand Challenge as soon as later this year and work with regulators to set eVTOL standards in Korea Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gw3TGZJf

How about a future where you walk off a plane and into an air taxi from Dulles to downtown so you’re never on the people mover again? Sounds fab. Adam Goldstein, CEO of Archer sat down with me in the Tech’ed Up studio and talked eVOTLs (aka flying cars) moving from sci-fi to reality, aviation regulation, and the race between America and China for dominance in the industry.  He lays out why Archer’s partnerships with Stellantis, United Airlines, and others - plus working closely with NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Federal Aviation Administration - are keys to their success. Listen here to learn more 🎧 https://www.techedup.com

It was a pleasure speaking in Geneva at the 2024 European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition, co-hosted by European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) and National Business Aviation Association. I discussed Archer’s key role in advancing the advanced air mobility industry toward commercialization and had insightful conversations with other industry leaders about the future of electric air taxis and how close they are to being ready to carry passengers. 

Thanks to Niki Christoff for having me on the Tech'ed Up pod about how Archer is making electric air taxis a reality. 🎙️ Highlights include: - Latest updates from Archer - Domestic & International interest in air taxis - Why DC is actually a great market for air taxis - Surprising air taxi use cases - Overlooked advantages of air taxis Give it a listen here: Spotify - https://lnkd.in/gDZX4xdQ Apple Podcast - https://lnkd.in/gvqdETHZ YouTube - https://lnkd.in/guSvHrAX Website - https://lnkd.in/gpYrhK_4

Last week, Midnight made its debut in Saudia Arabia. There are huge opportunities for air taxis to take to the skies there and complement the incredible cities they're building as Reuters outlines in this piece. https://lnkd.in/gpameyta

Here's a quick look at some of Midnight's recent speed expansion flight tests...