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GCA Establishes “UrbanX Air” in South Florida to Pursue UAM 

Glob­al Cross­ing Air­lines Group (GCA), who oper­ates the Mia­mi-based air­line, Glob­alX, has announced the cre­ation of a new sub­sidiary — UrbanX Air — to pio­neer the inte­gra­tion of Urban Air Mobil­i­ty (UAM) in South Flori­da, reports a press release. While the com­pa­ny awaits for approval from the FAA and DOT, Lucy Moril­lo has been appoint­ed Pres­i­dent and CEO of the new com­pa­ny.

Moril­lo is an attor­ney, com­mu­ni­ty leader and ser­i­al entre­pre­neur with decades of exec­u­tive expe­ri­ence in the busi­ness, pri­vate equi­ty and non-prof­it sec­tors. She becomes one of the few His­pan­ic female CEOs in the avi­a­tion and urban air mobil­i­ty space.

Ed Wegel, Chair­man and CEO of Glob­alX, com­ment­ed, “We are delight­ed to have Lucy at the helm. She brings a wealth of expe­ri­ence and enthu­si­asm from a range of indus­tries with a proven track record of build­ing stake­hold­er engage­ment and lead­ing cam­paigns in many sec­tors.”

Moril­lo will be work­ing with local and state offi­cials, infra­struc­ture, ener­gy and tech­nol­o­gy providers to ensure the appro­pri­ate frame­work is in place. 

Lucy Moril­lo

The release states, “Moril­lo is com­mit­ted to oper­at­ing UrbanX Air under a social enter­prise busi­ness mod­el, work­ing in con­junc­tion with local gov­ern­ments to ensure the ser­vice the com­pa­ny offers ben­e­fits not only the pas­sen­gers but the sur­round­ing com­mu­ni­ties.”

She remarked, “I am hon­oured to have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to bring acces­si­ble air trans­porta­tion to the South Flori­da region. In coor­di­na­tion with Mia­mi-Dade Coun­ty and oth­er local stake­hold­ers, we will forge mean­ing­ful col­lab­o­ra­tions through a pub­lic-pri­vate part­ner­ship to ensure this cut­ting-edge tech­nol­o­gy lifts the entire com­mu­ni­ty.”

Morillo’s busi­ness pedi­gree also includes being a co-founder of LM & Asso­ciates, a women-owned mar­ket­ing and com­mu­ni­ca­tions firm; a co-own­er and pub­lish­er of S Revista, a lux­u­ry lifestyle pub­li­ca­tion aimed at Span­ish speak­ers in the U.S; is Pres­i­dent-Elect of the Inter­na­tion­al Women’s Forum (IWF) Flori­da Chap­ter, an invi­ta­tion-only net­work of women busi­ness lead­ers through­out the globe; as well as being a for­mer Exec­u­tive Direc­tor of Estates and Gift Plan­ning for the Uni­ver­si­ty of Mia­mi (UM), where she was respon­si­ble for secur­ing near­ly USD350 mil­lion as part of UM’s Momen­tum Cam­paign. 

Moril­lo also has vast legal and exec­u­tive expe­ri­ence, includ­ing estab­lish­ing an inter­na­tion­al legal team to expand a tele­com com­pa­ny into nine Latin Amer­i­can coun­tries.

Back­ground

In 2022, Glob­alX signed a let­ter of intent to pur­chase 200 eVTOLs from Eve Air Mobil­i­ty. With deliv­ery of its first eVTOL expect­ed in 2026, the com­pa­ny is poised to be “the first to bring the inno­v­a­tive air­craft tech­nol­o­gy to South Flori­da,” rev­o­lu­tion­is­ing urban trans­porta­tion in the region.

For more infor­ma­tion 

https://www.urbanxair.com/

(Top graph­ic image: UrbanX Air Fly­ing Eve eVTOL)

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