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You’re in a rush, your flight leaves soon and you need to get from Wall Street to the airport. You could hail a cab but with traffic you might make your flight tomorrow. Instead, you head over the heliport and hop on a short flight over traffic.
No, this is not the 1970s when New York Airways helicopters offered frequent flights between Wall Street and New York’s airports for hurried bankers. This is a glimpse at United Airlines’ new plans for the urban mobility market offering so-called “last mile” rides between its hub airports and urban destinations with new, low-emission electric vertical takeoff and landing or eVTOL aircraft.
By Murdo Morrison2020-12-23T22:36:00+00:00
Despite the economic and logistical challenges of Covid-19, 2020 was a busy year for Tecnam, the Campania-based light aircraft manufacturer and the first new entrant in the commercial air transport market in a generation with the nine-passenger P2012 Traveller, assembled at its site near Naples.
Source: Cape Air
Cape Air introduced its first P2012 to service in early 2020
After putting its first P2012 into revenue service just before the pandemic took hold on 22 February, launch customer Massachusetts-based Cape Air had taken delivery of 16 of the Lycoming TEO-540-C1A-powered twin-piston type by November, with three more set to arrive before the end of the year. The airline has a total firm order for 23, and options for another 90.