Overview
- Archer unveiled a South Florida network intended to link Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton and West Palm Beach and to connect MIA, FLL and PBI as well as several general aviation airports.
- Infrastructure partners include Related Ross for a downtown West Palm Beach vertiport, Magic City Innovation District for a Little Haiti site, and preparations to ready helipads at Hard Rock Stadium and Apogee Golf Club for electric operations.
- Archer’s map shows use of Atlantic Aviation and Signature Aviation terminals, where the companies have agreed to host electric aircraft chargers the firm purchased from Beta Technologies.
- The piloted, four‑passenger Midnight is designed to cruise around 150 mph for back‑to‑back 20–50 mile trips, which Archer says could cut 60–90 minute car journeys to 10–20 minute flights with lower noise than helicopters.
- Archer says it has aircraft in FAA ‘for credit’ testing and holds Part 145 and Part 135 approvals with final airworthiness criteria issued for Midnight, but the company has not provided a firm launch timeline, and it is also pursuing Karem rotor and tiltrotor technology for a hybrid VTOL platform.