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U.S: BETA Technologies and Partner Bristow Showcase ALIA Flight to Over 100 People at Houma, Louisiana

BETA Tech­nolo­gies and avi­a­tion part­ner, Bris­tow, show­cased an ALIA CTOL flight for over 100 peo­ple at Houma, Louisiana, reports a press release. Atten­dees con­sist­ed of local politi­cians, air­port offi­cials, cus­tomers and aero­nau­ti­cal experts.

ALIA made sev­er­al pass­es over the Houma–Terrebonne air­field to demon­strate its capa­bil­i­ties and maneu­ver­abil­i­ty. This is the first time an elec­tric air­craft has come to the state of Louisiana. The focus was not just on inno­va­tion, but also test­ing elec­tric propul­sion for crit­i­cal areas such as the Gulf of Mex­i­co which is a major ser­vice region for Bris­tow. 

After the demon­stra­tion end­ed, Chris Brad­shaw, Bris­tow Pres­i­dent and CEO, remarked, “These new tech­nolo­gies have the poten­tial to make cer­tain mis­sions more effi­cient, qui­eter, acces­si­ble and sus­tain­able. We view AAM as a nat­ur­al exten­sion of Bristow’s core com­pe­ten­cies of safe and reli­able ver­ti­cal flight solu­tions and we see mul­ti­ple avenues for Bris­tow to par­tic­i­pate in the emerg­ing AAM val­ue chain.” Adding, “We believe air­craft like ALIA will play an impor­tant part in the future of avi­a­tion.” 

Bradshaw’s remarks were fol­lowed by Kyle Clark, BETA’s Founder and CEO. He com­ment­ed, “Today, we’re excit­ed to fly ALIA into Bristow’s home base in Louisiana, mark­ing the first time an elec­tric air­craft has flown in the state and the next step of our part­ner­ship as we look to exe­cute real mis­sions in the mar­ket.”

He con­tin­ued, “We designed ALIA with the goal of car­ry­ing out the most crit­i­cal mis­sions in a safer, clean­er, more effi­cient man­ner and Bris­tow has built a strong rep­u­ta­tion doing this across the globe. The team has been a cru­cial part­ner to BETA over the years, pro­vid­ing input and sup­port every step of the way.”

(l to r) Kyle Clark, Dave Stepanek, Chris Brad­shaw

The two com­pa­nies have enjoyed a suc­cess­ful part­ner­ship since 2021. Bris­tow is lever­ag­ing its more than 75 years of expe­ri­ence to help make Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty (AAM) oper­a­tions a real­i­ty.

In August 2022, Bris­tow ordered five Beta ALIA air­craft with an option to pur­chase an addi­tion­al 50 units. Then, after BETA announced its plans to cer­ti­fy an elec­tric con­ven­tion­al take­off and land­ing plane (eCTOL),  Bris­tow placed an addi­tion­al deposit-backed pur­chase for up to 50 such craft.

Dave Stepanek, Bristow’s Exec­u­tive VP and Chief Trans­for­ma­tion Offi­cer, lat­er said, “We believe air­craft like ALIA can expand our offer­ings and com­ple­ment cur­rent ser­vices. The think­ing is our present cus­tomers are nat­ur­al AAM con­sumers. We believe this part­ner­ship will open up many new pos­si­bil­i­ties espe­cial­ly in the Gulf region.” 

For more infor­ma­tion

https://www.beta.team/

https://www.bristowgroup.com/

(Images: BETA Tech­nolo­gies)

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