Aircraft Maker AIR Unveils New eVTOL For Cargo Market

AIR, the leading Israeli maker of eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) aircraft, has unveiled its new all-electric, unmanned AIR ONE Cargo eVTOL, marking its expansion into the logistics market. 

The Pardes Hanna-based company says it has in the past year secured multiple agreements to supply the aircraft for cargo purposes, ending 2023 with more than $1 million in revenue and boosting its projections for both 2024 and 2025.  

According to AIR, the Cargo eVTOL can take and land while carrying a payload of up to 250kg and can fly for long ranges on a single charge, at speeds comparable to the AIR ONE, its manned passenger version for the consumer market.  

“Venturing into this new market with AIR ONE Cargo is a testament to our unwavering commitment to the integration of eVTOLs into all spheres of daily life, for a variety of use cases,” said AIR CEO and co-founder Rani Plaut. 

“We expanded our offerings in response to strong market demand, and the feedback we’ve already received affirms that AIR ONE’s robust capabilities and simple, cost-effective design make it an extremely agile platform, uniquely able to scale across different uses.”