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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-07T22:21:00.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Air Traffic Control",
    "Airlines",
    "Archer Aviation",
    "Atlantic Aviation",
    "Delta Air Lines",
    "GOL",
    "Japan Airlines",
    "Joby Aviation",
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    "United CEO is skeptical of eVTOL airport taxis, but FAA has a more nuanced take",
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  "textContent": "When electric vertical take-off and landing developer Archer Aviation revealed plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange in 2021, it also announced a conditional order from United Airlines worth $1 billion. Archer’s press release at the time said its eVTOLs could give United customers “a quick, economic and low-emission way to get to airports within its major hubs by 2024,” with the airline estimating that using one of Archer’s eVTOL aircraft […]\n\nThe post United CEO is skeptical of eVTOL airport taxis, but FAA has a more nuanced take appeared first on The Air Current.",
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