Archer United Video<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n“Both Archer and United are committed to decarbonizing\nair travel and leveraging innovative technologies to deliver on the promise of\nthe electrification of the aviation industry,\u201d said Michael Leskinen, President\nof United Airlines Ventures. \u201cOnce operational, we\u2019re excited to offer our\ncustomers a more sustainable, convenient and cost-effective mode of\ntransportation during their commutes to the airport.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Technological innovation thrives here in Chicago, and\nthis venture between Archer and United is yet another example of this\nstrength,” said Chicago Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot. “This exciting new\ntechnology will further decarbonize our means of transportation, taking us\nanother step forward in our fight against climate change. I’m pleased that\nChicago residents will be among the first in the nation to experience this innovative,\nconvenient form of travel.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHere in Illinois, we are taking bold steps to lead the\nclean revolution\u2014paving the way for a more sustainable future for our state,\nour nation, and our world,\u201d said Governor JB Pritzker. \u201cI can\u2019t think of a\nbetter team than Archer and United to partner with as we work to ensure our\nexisting aviation infrastructure can support this new and exciting form of\ntransportation. This partnership is just another way that we will achieve our\ngoal of transitioning to 100% clean energy by 2050\u2014all while saving Illinoisans\nmoney and creating thousands of good paying jobs in the process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We\u2019re thrilled to add Chicago to our growing list of\ninitial launch cities as we continue to solidify our UAM network plans,\u201d said\nAdam Goldstein, Archer\u2019s Founder and CEO. \u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to working\nwith state and city leaders to bring an innovative transportation solution to\nthe City of Chicago and its surrounding communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Vertiport Chicago is delighted to participate\nalongside United Airlines and Archer in revolutionizing intra-city travel in\nChicago,\u201d said Daniel Mojica, the Executive Director of Vertiport Chicago.\n\u201cThis partnership will inspire other cities to plan for cutting-edge\ntransportation solutions.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ComEd, the Midwest\u2019s largest utility company, will work with\nUnited and Archer to establish the power infrastructure necessary to support\neVTOL aircraft operations in and around the Chicago Metropolitan Area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Archer Aviation Inc. and United Airlines announced plans to launch the first air taxi route in Chicago, between O\u2019Hare International Airport (ORD) and Vertiport Chicago. Vertiport Chicago, North America\u2019s largest vertical aircraft take-off and landing facility, is located in the Illinois Medical District near the Chicago Loop. This site was selected as the takeoff and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25233,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[142,140,116,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aam-uam","category-evtol","category-front-page-slider","category-illinois"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Archer-United-edit.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25232","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=25232"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25237,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25232\/revisions\/25237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}