Next-generation aircraft and air taxi manufacturer Wisk Aero is teaming up with Long Beach to map out and prepare advanced air mobility (AAM) services in the city and region in coming years.
Boeing and Kitty Hawk air taxi affiliate Wisk announced it will co-chair a task force with members of the Long Beach Economic Partnership (LBEP) to evaluate, plan, and ultimately implement future AAM services. Objectives adopted will issue from an impact study that participants will conduct to measure economic benefits to the community and wider Southern California area. Members of the LBEP will include business, local government, and community leaders, who will work with Wisk on developing electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) activities over an initial two-year period.
During that opening term, working groups will evaluate probable opportunities and consequences of AAM activities in Long Beach. Four priorities of focus in that are the analysis of the economic…
