Embraer’s urban air mobility (UAM) affiliate, Eve, has signed a pair of deals to prepare the rollout of electric takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in Miami, including planned air taxi shuttles between the city’s airport and main convention center.

The first development involved the creation of a consortium between Eve and UAM infrastructure, tech, and user organizations to work up a Concept of Operations (CONOPS) plan for eVTOL air taxis between the Miami Beach Convention Center and airport. The second centered on the company co-signing a letter of intent for the purchase of up to 200 Eve planes by Global Crossing Airlines Group (GlobalX) – a US 121 domestic flag and supplemental airline that operates Airbus’s A320 family of aircraft.

The GlobalX transaction brings the total number of orders for Eve eVTOL aircraft to 1,785 – a lot of work to get done before 2026, when the company plans to begin delivering units. Just as significant, according…

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Source: dronedj.com