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Blade and BETA Complete First Electric Air Taxi Flight in NYC Area

  • Flight marks the first test of a piloted eVTOL in NYC area
  • Test comes after NYC helicopter complaints surged in 2022
Going Viral: First Electric-Vertical Air Flight in NYC Area
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Well-heeled NYC commuters looking to dodge traffic and reach their destination in style may soon have another option: taking to the sky in an electric air taxi.

That’s the hope of air-transport firm Blade Air Mobility Inc. and Beta Technologies, an electric aerospace company, after the successful completion of a historic test flight of Beta’s ALIA-250 EVA electric vertical take-off and landing, or eVTOL, aircraft at the Westchester County Airport in White Plains, New York Tuesday — the first of its kind in the area.