Archer receives its Part 145 Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration

Archer has announced it has received its Part 145 cer­ti­fi­ca­tion from the Fed­er­al Avi­a­tion Admin­is­tra­tion (FAA).

The news is hot on the heels of Joby Avi­a­tion mak­ing a sim­i­lar state­ment yes­ter­day (Thurs­day), as the two com­pa­nies con­tin­ue to lead the way towards com­mer­cial­i­sa­tion of their respec­tive eVTOL air­craft.

Under FAA reg­u­la­tions, Archer is now autho­rised to per­form spe­cialised air­craft repair ser­vices while main­tain­ing the high­est lev­els of safe­ty and com­pli­ance, a key require­ment for oper­at­ing a com­mer­cial avi­a­tion busi­ness.

Adam Gold­stein, Founder and CEO of Archer, said: “This is a major vote of con­fi­dence from the FAA on Archer’s promise and poten­tial for oper­at­ing a full-scale urban air mobil­i­ty ser­vice in cities across the coun­try.”

“As we con­tin­ue to rapid­ly advance towards com­mer­cial oper­a­tions, we will be work­ing close­ly with the FAA and reg­u­la­tors around the world to ensure Archer’s air­craft are safe and ready to trans­form mobil­i­ty, pro­vid­ing a sus­tain­able, low noise, and cost com­pet­i­tive alter­na­tive to decon­gest our biggest cities.”

The FAA’s Part 145 cer­ti­fi­ca­tion is essen­tial for com­mer­cial avi­a­tion oper­a­tors and orig­i­nal equip­ment man­u­fac­tur­ers (OEMs), autho­riz­ing them to con­duct spe­cif­ic main­te­nance and repair tasks on cru­cial air­craft com­po­nents such as air­frames.

This cer­ti­fi­ca­tion rep­re­sents a com­mit­ment to strin­gent safe­ty and oper­a­tional stan­dards, includ­ing the metic­u­lous han­dling and ship­ment of haz­ardous mate­ri­als.

It fur­ther demon­strates that Archer is pre­pared to oper­ate repair sta­tions that meet the FAA’s rig­or­ous safe­ty and qual­i­ty bench­marks.

As a mark of trust and reli­a­bil­i­ty, it guar­an­tees that main­te­nance and repairs are exe­cut­ed by autho­rized experts, ensur­ing that oper­a­tions like Archer’s adhere strict­ly to fed­er­al reg­u­la­tions, thus enhanc­ing the safe­ty and secu­ri­ty of air­line oper­a­tions and pas­sen­ger trav­el.

Archer’s Mid­night is a pilot­ed, four-pas­sen­ger air­craft designed to per­form rapid back-to-back flights with min­i­mal charge time between flights.