eVTOL Capability Comes to Latin America Markets
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- Jaunt will provide Flapper with up to 25 Jaunt Journey aircraft
- The aircraft has significant design features that allow it to fly in a variety of weather conditions
Jaunt Air Mobility LLC signed a Letter of Intent with on-demand aviation company, Flapper Tecnologia, S.A., to purchase Jaunt Journey electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. After a final agreement is signed, Jaunt will provide Flapper with up to 25 Jaunt Journey aircraft to grow Flapper's on-demand Urban Air Mobility (UAM) fleet in Latin American markets.
Flapper and Jaunt plan to service several vital markets across Latin America, including Mexico City, Santiago de Chile, Bogota, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro. By partnering with Jaunt, Flapper will aim to bring a new form of urban travel with safety and operational efficiency as the top priority. Together, the companies expect to help usher in a new era of transportation in Latin America.
Paul Malicki, CEO of Flapper, said: "After a thorough examination of the existing urban air mobility architectures, we found Jaunt’s fixed-wing and slowed rotor design to be one of the most efficient and safest aircraft ever projected. Jaunt Journey’s technology boasts performance similar to fixed-wing design, which is perfect, considering the region’s short runways, rocky shores and high-altitude airports."
Jaunt Air Mobility designs and manufactures an eVTOL based on Slowed Rotor Technology. The Jaunt Journey air taxi combines helicopter and fixed-wing flight capabilities, highlighting low noise, comfort, safety, and operational efficiencies. The company is one of the only eVTOL players aligned with current transport category certification rules, it says.
"The Jaunt Journey has significant design features that allow it to fly in a variety of weather conditions," states Martin Peryea, CEO/CTO. "A single main rotor is the most efficient form of takeoff and landing and has proven capabilities in gusty wind conditions such as coastlines. The aircraft offers a higher level of safety than today's helicopters."
The deployment of Jaunt Journey aircraft into the Flapper network is subject to the parties entering into definitive final agreements.
