Overview

• Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi announced a partnership with Archer Aviation to establish the country’s first hospital-based vertiport.
• Planned operations focus on non-emergency patient travel and time-critical organ transport using Archer’s four-passenger, lower-noise Midnight eVTOL.
• The hospital’s existing helipad will be upgraded to support both helicopter and eVTOL flights as part of a hybrid vertiport model.
• No opening date, certification timeline, routing details, or regulatory milestones were provided in the announcement.
• The initiative aligns with the UAE’s advanced air-mobility plans, with Ras Al Khaimah aiming to launch passenger air taxis by 2027 and Abu Dhabi building a wider vertiport network.