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Goldstein: Commercial eVTOL launches will begin internationally before the US

Adam Goldstein · Flying Cars Have Arrived! eVTOL Panel: Archer, Joby, Wisk | All-In Summit 2024 · Oct 9, 2024 · at 13:48

Adam Goldstein is the founder and CEO of Archer Aviation. He argues that bureaucratic and regulatory hurdles in the US will delay commercial air taxi launches compared to international markets like the UAE.

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“I think it's, to me, super clear this does not start in the U.S. I really think it starts internationally.”

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The claim, plainly

Adam Goldstein predicts that commercial eVTOL air taxi operations will launch internationally before launching in the United States.

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Assessment

The resolution criteria require confirmation that a commercial eVTOL air taxi service launched for paying passengers in an international jurisdiction prior to any commercial launch in the United States. In March 2025, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) issued the world's first Air Operator Certificates for passenger-carrying pilotless eVTOL aircraft to EHang and its partner operators. EHang subsequently launched commercial ticketed flights for paying passengers in Guangzhou and Hefei. Meanwhile, as of July 2026, no commercial eVTOL air taxi service for paying passengers has launched in the United States, as FAA type certification remains ongoing. Thus, commercial eVTOL operations launched internationally before launching in the United States.

March 28, 2025: CAAC granted Air Operator Certificates to EHang for commercial human-carrying EH216-S eVTOL flights.
March 2025–March 2026: EHang began selling tickets to paying members of the public for passenger flights in China.
As of mid-2026: US developers remain in the FAA type-certification process with no commercial passenger launches completed in the United States.

Checked against

[1] spacedaily.com [2] forbes.com [3] trade.gov [4] spacedaily.com [5] evtol.travel [6] arabianbusiness.com [7] archer.com [8] migflug.com

commercial eVTOL passenger launch United States status 2026 Archer Aviation Dubai commercial air taxi launch date EHang commercial passenger flights paying customers date commercial eVTOL air taxi service launch date China UAE United States commercial eVTOL air taxi launch international vs US paying passengers

assessed as of 2026-07-30

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