UrbanX Air, Eve Air Mobility Collaborate to Offer “First Electric Air Commuter Flights to Miami”

UrbanX Air, a sub­sidiary of Glob­al Cross­ing Air­lines Group and Eve Air Mobil­i­ty announced this week, plans to bring Urban Air Mobil­i­ty (UAM) to Mia­mi by launch­ing elec­tric com­muter flights through­out the South Flori­da area begin­ning in 2026 (sub­ject to receiv­ing all FAA and DOT approvals), reports a press release. Glob­al Cross­ing oper­ates the Mia­mi-based air­line Glob­alX. 

The release states, “This announce­ment marks a piv­otal ini­tial phase in mak­ing elec­tric air com­mut­ing a real­i­ty for South Flori­da res­i­dents with both UrbanX and Eve col­lab­o­rat­ing close­ly with local and state offi­cials along with infra­struc­ture, ener­gy and tech­nol­o­gy providers to estab­lish the nec­es­sary frame­work for launch­ing elec­tric ver­ti­cal take­off and land­ing (eVTOL) air­craft flights.”

It con­tin­ues, “The flights will help com­muters nav­i­gate short dis­tances, avoid­ing traf­fic con­ges­tion and improv­ing trav­el times, while pro­vid­ing a safer, faster and more sus­tain­able mode of trans­porta­tion.”

Last year, Glob­alX signed a let­ter of intent (LOI) to pur­chase 200 eVTOLs from Eve with deliv­ery of its first 10 air­craft expect­ed in 2026. The com­pa­ny “is poised to be the first to bring inno­v­a­tive air­craft tech­nol­o­gy to South Flori­da, rev­o­lu­tion­is­ing urban trans­porta­tion in the region.”

GCA Estab­lish­es “UrbanX Air” in South Flori­da to Pur­sue UAM 

Lucy Moril­lo, Pres­i­dent and CEO of UrbanX, com­ment­ed, “The intro­duc­tion of these eVTOLs marks a sig­nif­i­cant mile­stone in achiev­ing our vision to bring all-elec­tric and noise-reduced air trav­el to life for South Flori­da res­i­dents and tourists alike.” 

Ed Wegel, Chair­man and CEO of Glob­alX, remarked, “Adding eVTOLs to our grow­ing fleet pro­vides us the abil­i­ty to offer clients inter­na­tion­al, domes­tic, region­al, and intra-city trav­el options.”

UrbanX pro­pos­es an ini­tial route net­work to cov­er crit­i­cal areas in South Flori­da, pro­vid­ing res­i­dents with a quick, eco­nom­i­cal and low­er-car­bon means of com­mut­ing in dense urban envi­ron­ments, such as Mia­mi-Dade Coun­ty. 

The part­ners are col­lab­o­rat­ing “to iden­ti­fy ori­gin and des­ti­na­tion loca­tions to estab­lish key routes through­out the region,” explains the release. “The eVTOL air­craft, with its 100 per­cent elec­tric design and a range of 60 miles, is well-equipped to com­plete a vari­ety of UAM flights through­out the Mia­mi area, ensur­ing effi­cient and sus­tain­able trans­porta­tion options.”

Johann Bor­dais, CEO of Eve Air Mobil­i­ty, said, “By lever­ag­ing the lat­est avi­a­tion tech­nol­o­gy and pro­vid­ing an excep­tion­al cus­tomer expe­ri­ence, UrbanX will be well posi­tioned to change the way peo­ple com­mute and trav­el in South Flori­da.”

Ed Wegel (Cred­it: Gus­ta­vo Caballero/Getty Images)

Through col­lab­o­ra­tion with local gov­ern­ments, UrbanX will extend ben­e­fits not only to pas­sen­gers, but also to the sur­round­ing com­mu­ni­ties. This will include meet­ing the demands of pri­vate cor­po­ra­tions, air­ports, air­lines, cruise lines, as well as pub­lic agen­cies and hos­pi­tals in need of rapid trans­porta­tion, such as med­ical trans­ports. This also cov­ers cer­tain dis­count­ed flights. 

UrbanX is in the process of estab­lish­ing an advi­so­ry board, which will serve “as a think tank of com­mu­ni­ty lead­ers and indus­try experts offer­ing valu­able insights and strate­gic guid­ance to ensure that the com­pa­ny achieves its mis­sion of redefin­ing urban trans­porta­tion for the future.”

For more infor­ma­tion

https://www.urbanxair.com/

www.eveairmobility.com

www.globalxair.com.

(Top image — Cred­it: UrbanX)