Joby Aviation becomes latest eVTOL OEM to partner with Atlantic Aviation and electrify aviation infrastructure in New York and California

Joby Avi­a­tion is col­lab­o­rat­ing with Atlantic Avi­a­tion to elec­tri­fy exist­ing avi­a­tion infra­struc­ture in New York and South­ern Cal­i­for­nia, as the com­pa­ny paves the way for the launch of its air taxi ser­vice.

The col­lab­o­ra­tion between Joby and Atlantic, a lead­ing provider of avi­a­tion ser­vices and infra­struc­ture, will focus on acti­vat­ing key Atlantic sites to sup­port qui­et, emis­sions-free air taxis, includ­ing the instal­la­tion of Joby’s Glob­al Elec­tric Avi­a­tion Charg­ing Sys­tem (GEACS).

The two com­pa­nies will under­take a com­pre­hen­sive analy­sis of how Joby’s rev­o­lu­tion­ary air taxi can oper­ate at these loca­tions along­side tra­di­tion­al air­craft and oth­er elec­tric air­craft, offer­ing cus­tomers a new way to move from point to point in con­gest­ed cities that is qui­eter and more sus­tain­able.

JoeBen Bevirt, Founder and CEO of Joby Avi­a­tion, said: “Infra­struc­ture is a crit­i­cal piece of the puz­zle and Atlantic’s pres­ence in these two key U.S. mar­kets will help ensure we’re well posi­tioned to deliv­er a mean­ing­ful ser­vice for our cus­tomers. We’re excit­ed to be work­ing togeth­er to lay the foun­da­tion for the next gen­er­a­tion of clean and qui­et flight.”

Atlantic has an exten­sive oper­a­tional foot­print in major cities across the Unit­ed States, includ­ing numer­ous sites in the New York City and Los Ange­les met­ro­pol­i­tan areas, where Joby and Atlantic will ini­tial­ly focus their part­ner­ship.

It offers cus­tomers more than 100 fixed base oper­a­tions (FBO) loca­tions across North Amer­i­ca, with each of its facil­i­ties pro­vid­ing a full suite of crit­i­cal ser­vices to the busi­ness avi­a­tion sec­tor cov­er­ing a wide range of air­craft ground han­dling and cor­po­rate flight sup­port, includ­ing fuelling and line ser­vices, ground trans­porta­tion, cater­ing, hangar, deic­ing and ramp space

John Red­cay, Chief Com­mer­cial & Sus­tain­abil­i­ty Offi­cer at Atlantic, com­ment­ed, “Our col­lab­o­ra­tion with Joby is a key step in Atlantic’s push to bring exist­ing avi­a­tion infra­struc­ture into the future and solid­i­fy Atlantic’s lead­ing role in sup­port­ing the growth of elec­tric avi­a­tion. We will be a tech­nol­o­gy-agnos­tic sup­port­er of advanced air mobil­i­ty and our work with Joby is a key part of that jour­ney.”

GEACS, the Joby-devel­oped charg­ing sys­tem for elec­tric air­craft, is designed to sup­port the safe and effi­cient oper­a­tion of elec­tric air­craft under devel­op­ment today, reduc­ing down­time between flights and max­i­miz­ing the life of air­craft bat­ter­ies.

Joby recent­ly released the tech­ni­cal spec­i­fi­ca­tions of GEACS – which is cur­rent­ly installed at Edwards Air Force Base and Joby’s flight test­ing facil­i­ty in Mari­na, Cal­i­for­nia – and is work­ing with numer­ous elec­tric air­craft devel­op­ers to ensure inter­op­er­abil­i­ty.

Bevirt added: “Through more than 30,000 miles of all-elec­tric ver­ti­cal flight with full-scale pro­to­type air­craft, our team has fine-tuned a ground sup­port sys­tem that allows for the simul­ta­ne­ous recharg­ing of mul­ti­ple bat­tery packs, exter­nal coolant exchange, and secure data offload after flight – mak­ing it suit­able for all elec­tric air­craft.”

Joby recent­ly com­plet­ed the first-ever flight of an elec­tric air taxi in New York City, par­tic­i­pat­ing in an event held by the city’s lead­er­ship announc­ing their intent to elec­tri­fy the icon­ic Down­town Man­hat­tan Heli­port. It took part in the his­toric day with eVTOL OEMs Volo­copter and BETA Tech­nolo­gies.

For Atlantic, this part­ner­ship with Joby adds to the agree­ments it has already signed with Archer and BETA.