Archer Aviation Inc. and United Airlines has announced their\nfirst airport to city center route between United\u2019s hub at Newark Liberty\nInternational Airport (EWR) and New York City. The Downtown Manhattan Heliport,\nlocated just above Battery Park on Pier 6, has been confirmed as the first\nplanned takeoff and landing site as part of Archer\u2019s broader plan to launch an\nUrban Air Mobility (UAM) network across the New York Metropolitan Area. The\ngoal of Archer\u2019s electric air taxi network is to provide passengers with safe,\nquick, quiet and cost-effective transportation to and from EWR. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Archer\u2019s proposed Manhattan to EWR route marks the first\nspecific route that has been announced in the eVTOL industry. United\u2019s hub at\nEWR is ideally located to serve Manhattan and its surrounding boroughs, as well\nas communities in New Jersey. Archer estimates the journey from the Downtown\nManhattan Heliport to EWR will take less than 10 minutes via its all-electric\nMidnight aircraft, a low noise, sustainable and safe alternative to\nhelicopters. A similar journey by car can take upwards of an hour or more\nduring rush hour traffic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019re excited to be confirming New York as the first of\nmany routes we\u2019ll be announcing alongside United as we work to build out our\nnational UAM network\u201d said Adam Goldstein, Archer\u2019s Founder and CEO. \u201cWe look\nforward to continuing our collaboration with United and to working closely with\nstate and local government leaders in the New York and New Jersey area as we\nbring this exciting new form of transportation to life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We are thrilled that Archer and United Airlines have\nselected to launch their first route right here in our New York City,\u201d said\nEric Adams, Mayor of New York City. \u201cWe want New York to be a place of bold\ninnovation and outside the box thinking, and I encourage other companies to\nfollow their lead.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOnce operational, electric air taxis will fundamentally\nchange how United customers experience comfort, convenience, and efficiency\nduring their commutes to the airport,\u201d said Michael Leskinen, President of\nUnited Airlines Ventures. \u201cArcher\u2019s New York to Newark route marks another\nimportant benchmark towards providing a carbon-neutral and safe commute that\ndrastically reduces the travel time and produces a fraction of the sound\nemitted by helicopters.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Archer\u2019s early launch routes will provide airport to city\ncenter transportation service, which it refers to as \u201ctrunk\u201d routes. Once these\nprimary trunk routes have been established, Archer will begin building out\n\u201cbranch\u201d routes to connect to surrounding communities. The first phase of this\nUAM network is targeted for launch in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Archer Aviation Inc. and United Airlines has announced their first airport to city center route between United\u2019s hub at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and New York City. The Downtown Manhattan Heliport, located just above Battery Park on Pier 6, has been confirmed as the first planned takeoff and landing site as part of Archer\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[142,140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aam-uam","category-evtol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Archer-3.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23960"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23962,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23960\/revisions\/23962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}