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FAA awards BETA special airworthiness certificate for passenger/cargo ALIA A250 eVTOL

Published by Urban Air Mobility News · October 21, 2026
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BETA Technologies today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration has awarded its ALIA VTOL A250 aircraft a Special Airworthiness Certificate for market surveys, marking the first ever issued to an electric vertical takeoff and landing [...]

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