Florida’s Orange County Government joins Advanced Air Mobility Association To Support Growing Market

Orange Coun­ty Gov­ern­ment in Flori­da has joined the Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty Asso­ci­a­tion (AAMA), becom­ing part of a nation­al net­work work­ing to advance the inte­gra­tion tech­nolo­gies in ways that reflect com­mu­ni­ty needs and region­al pri­or­i­ties.

The mem­ber­ship high­lights Orange County’s com­mit­ment to inno­va­tion, sus­tain­abil­i­ty, and strate­gic infra­struc­ture plan­ning. With 75 mil­lion annu­al vis­i­tors, a major con­ven­tion cen­ter and a rapid­ly grow­ing trans­porta­tion net­work, the coun­ty is well posi­tioned to help shape how elec­tric and hybrid-elec­tric air­craft and oth­er AAM tech­nolo­gies are inte­grat­ed nation­wide.

The Sun­shine State is pro­ject­ed to lead the nation in AAM deploy­ment, with the Flori­da Depart­ment of Trans­porta­tion esti­mat­ing up to 18 mil­lion annu­al pas­sen­ger trips by 2050. Cen­tral Flori­da, includ­ing the I‑4 cor­ri­dor, has been iden­ti­fied as a key launch region, and Orange County’s par­tic­i­pa­tion helps ensure com­mu­ni­ty and eco­nom­ic devel­op­ment pri­or­i­ties remain cen­tral.

Orange Coun­ty May­or Jer­ry L. Dem­ings, said: “Advanced air mobil­i­ty sup­ports Orange County’s com­mit­ment to inno­va­tion, col­lab­o­ra­tion, and inclu­sion for the ben­e­fit of Orange County’s 1.5 mil­lion res­i­dents. Our mem­ber­ship in AAMA con­nects us with nation­al lead­ers and posi­tions Orange Coun­ty as a leader in shap­ing the future of advanced air mobil­i­ty in Cen­tral Flori­da.”

Locat­ed in Cen­tral Flori­da, Orange Coun­ty includes 13 munic­i­pal­i­ties and is home to world-famous theme parks, one of the nation’s largest con­ven­tion cen­ters and a thriv­ing life sci­ence research park. Sev­en elect­ed mem­bers make up the Board of Coun­ty Com­mis­sion­ers, includ­ing the May­or, who is elect­ed coun­ty­wide. 

Through the part­ner­ship, Orange Coun­ty and AAMA will explore infra­struc­ture plan­ning, com­mu­ni­ty engage­ment, and pilot pro­grams to sup­port safe, sus­tain­able and inclu­sive air mobil­i­ty inno­va­tion.

Anto­nio Campel­lo, Pres­i­dent & CEO at AAMA, said: “Orange Coun­ty brings a pow­er­ful per­spec­tive to our grow­ing coali­tion. Its lead­er­ship and proac­tive mind­set will help set the stan­dard for AAM deploy­ment to serve mil­lions of res­i­dents and vis­i­tors.”

For more infor­ma­tion, vis­it www.aamax.org.