United Airlines Plans Electric Air Taxi Service Los ntawm Manhattan mus rau Newark tshav dav hlau nrog Archer

Hauv ob peb xyoos, Wall Street bankers thiab lwm tus neeg nyob hauv plawv nroog New York tuaj yeem tau txais kev xaiv nrawm nrawm los ntawm Newark Liberty tshav dav hlau hauv lub tshav dav hlau hluav taws xob.

United Airlines thiab Archer Aviation tab tom npaj yuav qhib kev pabcuam tsheb thauj neeg los ntawm lub dav hlau heliport ze rau yav qab teb ntawm Manhattan mus rau United lub hub ntawm Newark, cov tuam txhab tshaj tawm hnub Thursday, ib qho kev mus ncig uas lawv hais tias yuav siv sijhawm 10 feeb hauv Archer txoj kev npaj plaub-ntev dav hlau, uas. yog tsim los tawm thiab tsaws vertically zoo li lub nyoob hoom qav taub thiab ya saum tis nyob nruab nrab ntawm zoo li lub dav hlau.

Nws yog thawj zaug uas cov tuam txhab lag luam tsim hluav taws xob cua tsheb tavxij tau muab pins rau hauv daim ntawv qhia qhia txog txoj hauv kev. Lub Kaum Hli, Delta Air Lines tshaj tawm kev koom tes nrog tus tsim tsheb tavxij huab cua Joby Aviation los muab kev pabcuam tshav dav hlau hauv New York City thiab Los Angeles.

Qhov 8.4-mais mus txawv tebchaws tuaj yeem raug nqi npaum li cas ntawm Newark Liberty thiab Hauv Nroog Manhattan Heliport? Archer tsis tau piav qhia txog tus nqi, tab sis yog tias lub tuam txhab tuaj yeem xa tawm ntawm nws lub hom phiaj ntawm kev them $ 3 txog $ 4 ib mais ntawm cov neeg caij tsheb, qhov ntawd yuav xaum xaum mus txog $ 25 txog $ 32 nrog lub tsev tag nrho. Hniav tsub $195 rau qhov kev pabcuam nyoob hoom qav taub ntawm Newark Liberty thiab West 30^th Txoj kev heliport hauv Midtown Manhattan.

Palo Alto, Calif.-based Archer vam tias yuav pib qhov kev pabcuam hauv 2025 - lub hom phiaj tseem ceeb uas tau muab tias Ib tag hmo tseem tsis tau ya, thiab Tsoom Fwv Tebchaws Aviation Administration tseem tsis tau tsim cov cai tseem ceeb uas yuav tswj hwm kev ua haujlwm ntawm hluav taws xob ntsug tawm thiab tsaws dav hlau, cia ib leeg pib cov txheej txheem ntawm kev lees paub tias muaj kev nyab xeeb ntawm cov chav kawm tshiab ntawm cov dav hlau tau tsim los ntawm Archer thiab cov neeg sib tw xws li Joby thiab Beta Technologies.

Archer npaj yuav nthuav tawm Ib tag hmo Wednesday tom ntej. Nws tau raug ya davhlau-kuaj ib qho me me ntawm nws cov qauv tsim, uas muaj rau tilting rotors uas lub ntsej muag rau pem hauv ntej hauv lub dav hlau hom thiab tig upwards rau takeoff thiab tsaws, qhov twg lawv nyob nraum supplemented los ntawm rau taag ntsug nqa rotors.

United tau tso tseg $ 10 lab tso nyiaj rau lub Yim Hli rau 100 ntawm Archer lub dav hlau thiab tuav txog kwv yees li 2% hauv tuam txhab. Lub dav hlau tau nqis peev hauv Archer thaum nws tawm tsam qhov kev pom zoo xyoo tas los mus rau pej xeem thaum SPAC boom los ntawm kev rov qab sib koom ua ke nrog lub tuam txhab kos dawb. Archer shares tau poob 75% rau $ 2.49 txij li thaum nws pib ua lag luam pib lub Cuaj Hlis 17, 2021.