The world’s leading electric vehicle takeoff and landing (eVTOL) developers have been reacting to news that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved a revolutionary new aircraft category in a major step for the evolution of air taxis.  

At 2024 NBAA-BACE in Las Vegas on October 22, 2024, the FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker announced the introduction of the ‘powered-lift’ category, thus paving the way for the qualifications and training that instructors and pilots must hold in order to fly eVTOL aircraft.  

The FAA said that the powered-lift aircraft ‘final rule’ is the last “piece in the puzzle for safely introducing these aircraft in the near term”. 

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