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REGENT Announces Order “of 27 Seagliders from UrbanLink Air Mobility for Service Around South Florida and Puerto Rico”

REGENT, the U.S‑based mar­itime elec­tric seaglid­er devel­op­er, announced this week an order of 27 craft from Urban­Link Air Mobil­i­ty to be employed in the areas of South Flori­da and Puer­to Rico from 2027, reports a press release. It explains, “This part­ner­ship advances mul­ti-modal elec­tric trans­porta­tion ecosys­tem devel­op­ment and reflects grow­ing seaglid­er inter­est in the region.”

Under the agree­ment, Urban­Link is to oper­ate REGENT’s flag­ship Viceroy, a 12-pas­sen­ger mar­itime craft which can fly at up to 180mph and trav­el 180 miles on a sin­gle charge. The seaglid­ers will aug­ment the company’s exist­ing all-elec­tric trans­porta­tion solu­tions in Mia­mi and San Juan.

Bil­ly Thal­heimer, co-Founder and CEO of REGENT, remarked, “UrbanLink’s order expands the oppor­tu­ni­ty to con­nect mil­lions of peo­ple in South Flori­da and Puer­to Rico with effi­cient, com­fort­able and sus­tain­able trans­porta­tion solu­tions.”

He con­tin­ued, “As demand for seaglid­ers grow, this agree­ment brings us clos­er to real­is­ing their poten­tial to enhance exist­ing trans­porta­tion sys­tems and improve people’s lives.” 

The release con­tin­ues, “Seaglid­ers will con­tribute to devel­op­ing mul­ti-modal trans­porta­tion ecosys­tems in coastal areas. Using exist­ing dock infra­struc­ture, they sup­port and advance increased con­nec­tiv­i­ty and charg­ing options, which will ben­e­fit oth­er elec­tric vehi­cles oper­at­ing in that space.”  

Ed Wegel, Urban­Link Founder and Chair­man, com­ment­ed, ”This part­ner­ship fur­ther advances our mis­sion to bring zero-emis­sion region­al trav­el to the U.S, with a spe­cif­ic focus on the Mia­mi and San Juan mar­kets.” 

He con­tin­ued, “This order per­fect­ly com­ple­ments our pre­vi­ous com­mit­ment to elec­tric sea ves­sels, all of which will seam­less­ly inte­grate with our all-elec­tric eVTOL jets, expand­ing our reach and enhanc­ing con­nec­tiv­i­ty across the regions we serve.”

Adding, “By embrac­ing these inno­v­a­tive, zero-emis­sion modes of transportation—whether by sea or air—we’re not only shap­ing the future of trav­el but also tak­ing mean­ing­ful steps toward a clean­er, more sus­tain­able envi­ron­ment for gen­er­a­tions to come.”

Seaglid­er oper­a­tions out of Mia­mi could serve, poten­tial­ly, as many as 4.3 mil­lion pas­sen­gers annu­al­ly. Accord­ing to a recent sur­vey con­duct­ed by REGENT, 88 per­cent of Mia­mi res­i­dents would be inter­est­ed in using a such a craft for region­al coastal trav­el.

For more infor­ma­tion

https://www.regentcraft.com

https://www.flyurbanlink.com

(Images: REGENT/UrbanLink air Mobil­i­ty)

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