UrbanLink Air Mobility and Signature Aviation Partner to Explore Development of All Electric Air Operations in Florida

Sig­na­ture Avi­a­tion and Urban­Link Air Mobil­i­ty have announced a let­ter of intent (LOI) to explore the safe and scal­able expan­sion of all-elec­tric air oper­a­tions in Flori­da.

The part­ner­ship will allow for research and explo­ration of infra­struc­ture for UrbanLink’s future fleet of BETA Tech­nolo­gies eCTOL air­craft at Signature’s exten­sive net­work of pri­vate avi­a­tion ter­mi­nals across the state.

Ed Wegel, founder, chair­man and CEO of Urban­Link, said: “We are hon­ored to part­ner with Sig­na­ture, the world’s lead­ing net­work of pri­vate avi­a­tion ter­mi­nals, to expand our Flori­da net­work and estab­lish our oper­a­tions base at their loca­tion in South Flori­da.

“Sig­na­ture is already col­lab­o­rat­ing with BETA Tech­nolo­gies to explore the instal­la­tion of charg­ing infra­struc­ture across its Flori­da loca­tions, and our oper­at­ing teams are work­ing close­ly togeth­er on route devel­op­ment and base plan­ning to ensure a seam­less tran­si­tion to all-elec­tric air mobil­i­ty.”

In addi­tion, Sig­na­ture and Urban­Link are active­ly pur­su­ing the estab­lish­ment of UrbanLink’s oper­at­ing and main­te­nance base at a South Flori­da Air­port.

Tony Lefeb­vre, chief exec­u­tive offi­cer, Sig­na­ture Avi­a­tion, added: “We’re always focused on cre­at­ing excep­tion­al expe­ri­ences for our guests and ele­vat­ing every moment of their jour­neys.

“This part­ner­ship show­cas­es how our team is look­ing to the future to deliv­er those great expe­ri­ences and togeth­er with Urban­Link, we’re look­ing for­ward to grow­ing the infra­struc­ture and access for all-elec­tric air mobil­i­ty through­out the state of Flori­da.”

Urban­Link is a South Flori­da-based advanced air and mar­itime mobil­i­ty com­pa­ny trans­form­ing urban trans­porta­tion through inno­v­a­tive, zero-emis­sion mobil­i­ty solu­tions.

Led by Wegel, Urban­Link says it is com­mit­ted to cre­at­ing smarter, green­er, and more effi­cient trans­porta­tion sys­tems that enhance con­nec­tiv­i­ty and sus­tain­abil­i­ty in South Flori­da and beyond. 

The com­pa­ny is poised to become the first inde­pen­dent oper­a­tor of a ful­ly elec­tric fleet across both Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty (AAM) and mar­itime plat­forms. Its future fleet includes BETA Tech­nolo­gies’ ALIA air­craft, REGENT Seaglid­ers, Artemis Tech­nolo­gies Sea Crafts and Tra­verse Aero’s Orca unmanned drones.

Sig­na­ture Avi­a­tion is the world’s pre­em­i­nent avi­a­tion hos­pi­tal­i­ty com­pa­ny, offer­ing excep­tion­al expe­ri­ences and essen­tial sup­port ser­vices to busi­ness and pri­vate avi­a­tion guests.

The company’s large-scale infra­struc­ture foot­print enables trav­el, fos­ters human con­nec­tion and is a crit­i­cal glob­al eco­nom­ic dri­ver. Sig­na­ture oper­ates an indus­try-lead­ing net­work of pri­vate avi­a­tion ter­mi­nals, with over 200 loca­tions cov­er­ing key des­ti­na­tions in 27 coun­tries across five con­ti­nents and is the largest dis­trib­u­tor of sus­tain­able avi­a­tion fuel (SAF).

Wegel added: “The use of pri­vate avi­a­tion ter­mi­nals is crit­i­cal as we launch oper­a­tions and await the build-out of ver­ti­port infra­struc­ture to sup­port flight oper­a­tions beyond exist­ing air­ports. We will also be work­ing close­ly with Sig­na­ture on the plan­ning and devel­op­ment of those ver­ti­ports.”