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Announcing growth in sales of conventional helicopters during 2024, the European aerospace group on Monday said it is deferring plans for a commercial launch following a rethink of both the business case and technology requirements. “We launched this prototype four years ago with the objective to be in position to launch a new program before the end of the decade," Bruno Even, CEO of Airbus Helicopters explained. "It has been clearly instrumental in advancing our understanding of technologies which are not only relevant for the urban air mobility market but for all our portfolio. At the same time, we see today—and that’s been the result of the strategic review that we performed at the end of 2024—that the conditions to launch a new program are not necessarily there.” Despite applying the brakes to the CityAirbus program, Even said the manufacturer remains firmly committed to innovation. Last year, the CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL made its first flight as did the high-speed compound rotorcraft Racer, which exceeded its 220-knot target speed by flying to 227 knots. Work continues with the three research vehicles, DemonstratorLab, PioneerLab, and DisruptiveLab. “We are convinced that innovation is always the best way to continue to bring value to our customers,” Even commented. Battery Performance is a Barrier The Airbus engineering team appears to view limitations in available battery technology as a barrier to progress with current eVTOL plans. “The condition to launch a new program, from the technology side…is [first] to be able to perform the mission,” Even stated. “The minimum level of performance and the mission that we see to enter into service…[is] to transport [passengers] for a mission of 80 to 100 kilometers. We clearly see on the battery side the need to continue to improve the performance to reach what we consider the minimum level of performance and mission. It’s really the battery.” Although some flights with the first CityAirbus prototype will still be made this year at the company’s Donauwörth facility in Germany, other program development activity will be suspended. The aerospace group has previously indicated it had ambitions to bring the four-passenger eVTOL model into commercial service by around 2030. “The urban air mobility economy and launch of a new program depend on many factors—regulation, maturity of the business model, but also maturity of the technology,” Even concluded. “We consider on that perspective, and particularly on some of the key technologies, that some of them need to evolve to be in a position to launch a new program.” Aerospace rival Boeing still retains a stake in the advanced air mobility sector through its ownership of Wisk, which is developing a fully autonomous eVTOL aircraft. Embraer spin-off Eve Air Mobility is also developing a four-passsenger eVTOL model. Textron's eAviation division is working on an eVTOL program called Nexus, with a prototype now being built at a facility in Wichita. Abu Dhabi Aviation Will be First Archer eVTOL Aircraft Operator in the UAE Business aviation services group will receive a ‘Launch Edition’ Midnight eVTOL aircraft this summer By HANNEKE WEITERING • Science & Technology Editor February 27, 2025 Helicopter operator Abu Dhabi Aviation will be the launch customer for Archer Aviation’s four-passenger Midnight eVTOL aircraft in the UAE, where the U.S.-based manufacturer aims to begin delivering aircraft this year under its new “Launch Edition” commercialization program. Archer announced the partnership with Abu Dhabi Aviation and the Launch Edition program on Thursday before releasing its fourth-quarter and year-end financial results for 2024. The partners formalized their agreement by signing a memorandum of understanding during a ceremony at the Abu Dhabi Investment Office this week, but did not specify how many aircraft it covers. They said that "a passenger flight" could be conducted before the end of the year. The announcement did not address how the Midnight aircraft will be certified for commercial operations in the UAE, or what standards will apply in that jurisdiction for pilot training and licensing. Like other U.S. eVTOL aircraft developers, Archer has to achieve FAA type certification and has indicated that it aims to complete this process by the end of 2025. On that basis, the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority could validate the U.S. approval. Through the Launch Edition program, Archer plans to begin deploying small fleets of Midnight aircraft to customers in “early adopter” markets such as the UAE over the next 18 to 24 months, Archer CEO Adam Goldstein said during a conference call with investors on Thursday. “These early adopters are more than just customers; they are true partners who we will work with to stand up the early air taxi operations hand in hand,” he commented. In addition to the early aircraft deliveries, Launch Edition customers will receive support from Archer and local partners such as Etihad Aviation Training, which has agreed to train and recruit eVTOL pilots for Archer. “We will provide an operational support team of pilots, technicians, engineers, and local leadership. These arrangements will be tailored based on the partner and their strategic goals, but we are aiming for each one to generate tens of millions in revenue and be margin positive,” Goldstein said. “Our goal is to create a repeatable playbook we can scale to dozens, if not hundreds of partners globally.” Abu Dhabi Aviation operates a mix of 75 fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters for various charter applications, including offshore energy industry support and the Royal Jet VIP service. The company also has extensive maintenance, repair and overhaul facilities, and trains pilots with five full-flight simulators. First Midnight Delivery in Summer 2025 According to Tom Muniz, Archer’s chief technology officer, the company is on track to deliver its first Midnight aircraft to Abu Dhabi this summer. “With that aircraft, we will focus our efforts on testing it in high temperature operations, as conditions there can exceed 110 degrees [Fahrenheit],” Muniz told investors during the conference call. “Subsequent to that, we plan to start flights in and around cities in the UAE, performing proving runs to and from some of the locations on our intended network and performing market survey flights with limited passenger operations, working towards our ultimate commercial launch.” While Archer isn’t specifying a timeline for FAA certification and service entry in the U.S., the company is aiming to conduct the first passenger-carrying Midnight flights in Abu Dhabi before the end of the year. Muniz said Archer recently finalized its project-specific certification plans with the UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA). “This document outlines the steps needed to bring Midnight to market in the country, which we are well down the path of executing against,” he said, adding that Archer has already begun submitting compliance data to the GCAA for review. Archer has previously announced partnerships in the UAE with companies including Falcon Aviation and Air Chateau. It is also working with a subsidiary of Indian airline IndiGo to establish eVTOL air taxi services for Indian cities. Meanwhile, rival U.S. eVTOL developer Joby Aviation is also preparing to deploy its four-passenger electric air taxi in the UAE. “By the middle of this year, we plan to have an aircraft in Dubai, where it will be used to demonstrate our readiness to begin carrying our first passengers, which we target for later this year or early next year,” Joby founder and CEO JoeBen Bevirt said during Joby’s quarterly investor call on Wednesday. FBO Chains Working To Build Vertiports for eVTOL Ops City-center eVTOL landing sites could be as small as one acre By CHAD TRAUTVETTER • Online Editor February 27, 2025 With eVTOLs poised to enter service in the next 18 to 24 months, FBO providers Atlantic Aviation and Signature Aviation are actively working to stand up vertiport infrastructure for advanced air mobility (AAM) services, company officials said yesterday at the NBAA regional forum in Orlando, Florida. Both companies are seeking to build city-center vertiports while also adapting their FBOs to handle electric aircraft. “The goal is to build vertiports where the people are,” said Kevin Cox, CEO of Vertiports by Atlantic, a newly created subsidiary following Atlantic’s acquisition last month of vertiport developer Ferrovial. “We’re leading the way in vertiport development and now have four leases in Florida to build vertiports in city environments. AAM isn’t a matter of if, but when, and that when is within two years.” Cox said vertiport sites can be as small as one or as large as two to three acres. “We’ll start with vertiports in big metro cities and then filter down to medium cities,” he added. Signature CEO Tony Lefebvre said his company is not interested in converting downtown parking garages into vertiports, explaining, “This is not our core competency.” The company’s current emphasis is adapting its FBOs for eVTOL operations, he noted. 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