“UrbanLink Increases REGENT Seaglider Order, Advancing Plans for Zero-Emission Coastal Transportation in Florida and Puerto Rico”

REGENT, the devel­op­er and man­u­fac­tur­er of all-elec­tric seaglid­ers, announced this week a major expan­sion of its col­lab­o­ra­tion with Urban­Link Air Mobil­i­ty, a pio­neer­ing South Flori­da-based advanced air and mar­itime mobil­i­ty com­pa­ny, reports a press release.

Urban­Link has increased its order of REGENT Viceroy seaglid­ers to 47, from the pre­vi­ous 27 announced last Autumn, plac­ing Flori­da as a U.S leader in next-gen­er­a­tion coastal mobil­i­ty.

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

The release states, “This mile­stone marks one of the largest com­mer­cial seaglid­er orders to date and under­scores UrbanLink’s con­fi­dence in REGENT’s break­through mar­itime tech­nol­o­gy.”

It con­tin­ues, “The expand­ed order will sup­port the rapid roll­out of UrbanLink’s oper­a­tions across South Flori­da and Puer­to Rico, with antic­i­pat­ed first deliv­er­ies in 2027.” 

Bil­ly Thal­heimer, co-Founder and CEO of REGENT, com­ment­ed, “UrbanLink’s lat­est order is a clear vote of con­fi­dence in our seaglid­er tech­nol­o­gy. Togeth­er, we’re build­ing a more con­ve­nient and con­nect­ed future for coastal com­mu­ni­ties.”

UrbanLink’s pur­chase reflects a grow­ing demand for con­ve­nient alter­na­tives to short-haul air trav­el in the U.S and posi­tions Flori­da as a hub for inno­va­tions in advanced mar­itime mobil­i­ty.

Ed Wegel, Founder and Chair­man of Urban­Link, remarked, “We’re proud to expand our part­ner­ship with REGENT and bring this rev­o­lu­tion­ary tech­nol­o­gy to more pas­sen­gers trav­el­ing high-demand routes across Flori­da and Puer­to Rico.” 

He added, “This part­ner­ship pro­pels Flori­da to the fore­front of glob­al inno­va­tion in advanced, all-elec­tric mobil­i­ty.”

With an expand­ed fleet, the com­pa­ny is able to offer high-fre­quen­cy ser­vice across some of the most heav­i­ly traf­ficked short-haul routes in the U.S. Seaglid­er oper­a­tions based in Mia­mi could serve up to 4.3 mil­lion pas­sen­gers each year.

Seaglid­ers can pro­vide:- 

: Dras­ti­cal­ly reduced trav­el times, e.g., Mia­mi to West Palm Beach in 35 min­utes.

: Mar­ket-dri­ven, all-elec­tric trans­porta­tion alter­na­tives.

: Con­ges­tion relief for over­bur­dened high­ways and air­ports.

: Low­er oper­at­ing and infra­struc­ture costs than tra­di­tion­al air­craft or fer­ries.

This announce­ment comes as REGENT’s full-scale Viceroy pro­to­type con­tin­ues suc­cess­ful sea tri­als as the com­pa­ny advances toward U.S Coast Guard cer­ti­fi­ca­tion.

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The com­pa­ny’s flag­ship seaglid­er, Viceroy, is a 12-pas­sen­ger ves­sel that trav­els at up to 180 mph to ser­vice routes up to 180 miles on a sin­gle charge. REGENT has raised more than USD100 mil­lion from investors includ­ing 8090 Indus­tries, Founder­s­Fund, Japan Air­lines and Lock­heed Mar­tin.

For more infor­ma­tion

flyurbanlink.com

https://www.regentcraft.com

(Top image: REGENT/UrbanLink Viceroy Seaglid­er)

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