AIR Partners with SeaKeepers to empower yachters with eVTOL flight capabilities

AIR has part­nered with The Inter­na­tion­al Sea­Keep­ers Soci­ety, an edu­ca­tion­al orga­ni­za­tion for mem­bers of the yacht­ing com­mu­ni­ty to ensure its eVTOLs are avail­able for use as aux­il­iary equip­ment to extend yachters’ reach and access points beyond yacht capa­bil­i­ties.

Incor­po­rat­ing the AIR ONE on yacht­ing expe­di­tions sim­pli­fies near-shore com­mutes on and off the yacht by elim­i­nat­ing the need to car­ry avi­a­tion fuel and a vari­ety of spare parts, remov­ing the obsta­cle of requir­ing a pro­fes­sion­al pilot, and allow­ing for charg­ing using onboard gen­er­a­tors.

AIR ONE is an all-elec­tric two-seater eVTOL offer­ing a prac­ti­cal range on a sin­gle charge at speeds up to 155 miles per hour (250 km/h), allow­ing own­ers to take off and land on any flat sur­face with a 250kg pay­load, includ­ing a yacht deck. Its col­lapsi­ble wings and com­pact size make it a viable flight option for yacht­ing.

“As AIR enters the next stages of growth, we are excit­ed to deliv­er the val­ue of per­son­al elec­tric flight to addi­tion­al indus­tries and com­mu­ni­ties,” said Rani Plaut, CEO and co-founder of AIR.

“In addi­tion to help­ing improve yacht logis­tics, this part­ner­ship enables yachters to add an extra lay­er of adven­ture to sea excur­sions and is a sig­nif­i­cant step in our mis­sion to advance air mobil­i­ty adop­tion around the world.”

Sea­Keep­ers chair­man Jay Wade added: “The eVTOL is a nat­ur­al addi­tion to yacht­ing mis­sions and AIR ONE specif­i­cal­ly is a no-brain­er for yachters look­ing for an envi­ron­men­tal­ly friend­ly, easy-to-inte­grate flight option to ele­vate their yacht expe­ri­ence, lit­er­al­ly and fig­u­ra­tive­ly.”

AIR unveiled the AIR ONE at the Ken­tucky Der­by in May, lead­ing to over 300 pre-orders glob­al­ly.

AIR unveils full-scale pro­to­type of its per­son­al eVTOL air­craft at the Ken­tucky Der­by

Last month, the com­pa­ny announced suc­cess­ful for­ward flight test­ing of its full-scale pro­to­type, five months after com­plet­ing its first hov­er flights in July, keep­ing it on track to deliv­er the first batch of AIR ONE vehi­cles late 2024.

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AIR’s most recent part­ner­ships include air mobil­i­ty com­pa­nies Fly­OnE and AeroAu­to, estab­lish­ing a net­work to ser­vice and sup­port AIR’s grow­ing com­mu­ni­ty of users.