The First Air Taxi Airport.

Archer purchases a municipal airport. And the future promises increasingly congested cities, at least in the short term, because in addition to other urban mobility solutions, we have electric takeoff and landing aircraft companies, such as the eVTOL manufacturer Midnight, which announced the acquisition of the municipal airport in Los Angeles for $126 million. And this is not a symbolic move, it is preparation for a real air taxi operation, Archer says the place will be a testing ground for assessment technologies based on artificial intelligence, automated air traffic systems, ground operations management, digital logistics control and processes that until today require dozens of professionals cutting radios, sensors and manual communication.

The company wants to use it to operate airports, just as it is using it to pilot aircraft, the expansion does not stop in Los Angeles either, Archer has already announced eVTOL networks ports in New York, San Francisco and other cities strategies in collaboration with United. The promise is to connect Manhattan with international airports in just 5 to 15 minutes, something that in real traffic can take hours and for all this to work, the Midnight aircraft needs logistics, so far the tests show that it is on the right track, a range of more than 80 km, an altitude above 3,000 meters and capacity for four passengers plus a pilot on board in case an error occurs with the system. The company is also expanding internationally. Because it already operated test flights in the Arab Emirates, it signed an alliance with Korean Air and with Sorco, a joint venture between Japan Airlines and Sumitomo, showing that the plan is global.