Joby’s acquisition of the on-airport facility is the first step in the company’s plan to develop facilities capable of building up to 500 aircraft per year in Dayton.
Joby Aviation makes progress with FAA certification process for electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, now focusing on the testing and analysis phase.
Under the Part 145 certificate, Joby will perform select airframe, radio, and instrument repairs and can also provide paid on-the-job training to aspiring aircraft technicians.
Joby Aviation and Atlantic Aviation are undertaking a comprehensive analysis of how Joby’s air taxi can operate in New York and Southern Caolifornia alongside traditional aircraft and other electric aircraft.
The installation of a charger at John Wayne Airport will establish the site as a node in Joby’s Southern California air taxi network, which is expected to be one of the first networks to launch in the U.S.
The simulations, jointly developed by Joby and NASA airspace engineers, tested scenarios with dozens of eVTOL aircraft per hour flying into and out of the busy airspace in the Dallas-Fort Worth.
The three companies plan to jointly explore the design, location, operation, and financing of vertiport locations that will serve as the backbone of future commercial air taxi services in Japan.