QUESTION
What is the approach for transitioning tourist helicopter flights to electric vertical takeoff and landing (EV TOL) aircraft?
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The NYC Economic Development Corporation aims to transition all tourist helicopter flights to quieter and cleaner electric vertical takeoff and landing (EV TOL) aircraft.
- The RFP requires respondents to submit incentive plans for accelerating the rollout of EV TOL aircraft.
- Transitioning the entire industry to EV TOLs from day one is desired but recognized as not happening overnight.
- Evaluation criteria includes incentive plans for accelerated EV TOL rollout, taken very seriously.
- A whole industry approach is sought to move towards the cleaner EV TOL technology.
Amanda Farías
0:41:47
Why is it at the RFP mandate that only the eve EV tolls.
0:41:53
EV tolls be allowed for tourist flights as soon as they are approved for use by the FAA.
0:41:58
Instead of us maybe setting a goalpost.
Mikelle Adgate
0:42:02
Yeah.
0:42:03
We can I'll hand it over to Anton to talk a little bit about the permitting and sort of jurisdictional process.
Anton Fredriksson
0:42:10
Yes.
0:42:11
Thank you for the question.
0:42:12
We are wonderful to it would be wonderful to see all tours switched to EV toll from from day 1.
0:42:16
You recognize that that won't happen overnight, but there will be a transition.
0:42:21
And we'd like to see a whole industry approach to transitioning to that quieter and cleaner type of technology.
0:42:29
Yeah.
0:42:29
So we've also required an incentive plans from each of the respondents for the RFP to demonstrate to us how they are transactionally incentivizing the rollout, the accelerated rollout of electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
0:42:46
And that is part of the evaluation criteria of the RFP.
0:42:49
So it's something we take very seriously and are doing everything we can to to drive that as quickly as possible.
Amanda Farías
0:42:54
Okay.