Ben Goldstein

Washington, D.C., United States

Editor-in-Chief, Advanced Air Mobility Report at Aviation Week Network

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Archer Reveals Specifics Of Planned New York City Air Taxi Network

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Ben Goldstein

Archer has revealed the specifics of its planned air taxi launch network in New York City. A map issued April 17 by Archer shows a network of Manhattan’s three publicly owned heliports connected to five airports in the Greater New York City Area. The three heliports are the Downtown Skyport and the...
Skyports Acquires Redbird Aero; Plans Australia Drone Ops

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Ben Goldstein

Skyports plans to launch heavy-lift deliveries with the Pelican Cargo from U.S. startup Pyka. Skyports Drone Services has acquired Australian startup Redbird Aero, part of a plan to launch heavy-lift commercial drone operations in the country. Announced April 16, the combined entity will focus on using heavy-lift uncrewed aircraft to perform missions across Australia ranging from pipeline...
Ex-Lilium Employees Say They Are Still Missing Pay

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Ben Goldstein

It was supposed to be a Christmas miracle. Nearly three months after declaring insolvency, and the same day that hundreds of employees received termination notices in the mail, Lilium announced that it had found a group of investors willing to acquire the company for several hundred million euros...
Marubeni Demonstrates LIFT Hexa At Osaka Expo

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Ben Goldstein

Japanese trading conglomerate Marubeni performed an initial demonstration flight at the Osaka World Expo using the Hexa single-seat electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft developed by U.S. startup LIFT Aircraft. Scheduled to run from mid-April through October 2025, the Osaka World...
Autoflight Breaks Ground On Wuhan Assembly Plant

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Ben Goldstein

Chinese eVTOL startup Autoflight has broken ground on a final-assembly plant in Wuhan, Hubei Province. The company will use the plant to assemble its V2000CG CarryAll autonomous cargo-carrying aircraft. With a gross weight of 2,000 kg (4,400 lb.), the lift-plus-cruise eVTOL was the second Chinese...
Whisper Aero Co-Founders Describe Ultra-Quiet Propulsion Tech

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Ben Goldstein

Prior to founding quiet propulsion startup Whisper Aero, Mark Moore had spent the better part of four decades advancing electric aviation at NASA, and later, helped birth the concept of urban air mobility at Uber Elevate. But for electric aviation to succeed, Moore insists that noise must be reduced...
AAM Spotlight: Eric Allison, Joby

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Ben Goldstein

Eric Allison is chief product officer at Joby Aviation. He recently sat down with Aviation Week to talk about the company’s activities and strategy. An abridged transcript follows: Aviation Week: What is Joby currently most focused on? Allison: The whole company is laser-focused on type...
Odys On Track For Deliveries By Year-End, CEO Says

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Ben Goldstein

Odys Aviation continues to make progress on development and testing of its Laila hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) UAV, keeping the company on track for first deliveries by year-end. The California-based startup plans to manufacture eight aircraft in 2024, two of which are for...
Bye Aerospace Sees Chance To ‘Disrupt’ Flight Training Market

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Ben Goldstein

Most flight schools operate with fairly slim profit margins. Given the high operating and maintenance costs and intense competition among flight schools, most are lucky to achieve a profit margin of 10-15%, while some even lose money. In 2024, for example, Flight Safety International achieved a...
AAM Operators Hedge Their Bets With Array Of Aircraft Types

3 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Ben Goldstein

Operators of future advanced air mobility (AAM) aircraft face a dilemma. To date, they have placed well more than 15,000 conditional orders for AAM aircraft from a range of startups, according to data from SMG Consulting. But whether and how many of those aircraft deliveries will eventually...