EMMA WHITE/VTDigger 总部位于佛蒙特州的飞机制造商 Beta Technologies 已获得联邦认证，可搭载潜在客户乘坐其 ALIA eVTOL，这是一种能够垂直起降的全电动飞机。该批准标志着迈向商业运营的新一步。
EMMA WHITE/VTDigger Vermont-based aircraft manufacturer Beta Technologies has received federal certification to fly potential customers aboard its ALIA eVTOL, an all-electric aircraft capable of taking off and landing vertically. The approval marks a new step toward commercial operations.
据 Beta 发言人向 VTDigger 提供的书面声明称：“这是 Beta 的一个关键里程碑。我们专注于持续、安全的飞行，并很高兴将一款在佛蒙特州设计、制造和测试的飞机带给将把它投入使用的人们和地方。” 根据美国联邦航空管理局 (FAA) 的一份新闻稿，该证书将允许 Beta 的机型——全电动 ALIA eVTOL 飞机——搭载参与者和操作员飞行，以收集市场调查数据。
“This is a critical milestone for Beta,” according to a written statement from a Beta spokesperson provided to VTDigger. “We’re focused on consistent, safe flying, and we’re excited to bring an aircraft designed, manufactured and tested in Vermont to the people and places that will put it to work.”The certificate will allow Beta’s model — the all-electric ALIA eVTOL aircraft — to be flown with participants and operators in order to gather data for marketing surveys, according to a press release from the Federal Aviation Administration.
据大伯灵顿工业公司总裁 Frank Cioffi 称，有了这项认证，这些飞机将被允许在商业机场起降。如果这一过程顺利，垂直起降电动飞机就离填满天际线更近一步。
With this certification, the planes will be allowed to take off and land in commercial airports, according to Frank Cioffi, president of the Greater Burlington Industrial Corporation. If the process is successful, vertical take-off electric airplanes are one step closer to filling the horizon.
Beta Technologies 是一家总部位于伯灵顿的航空航天和国防公司，设计并销售电动飞机以及用于飞机的电动充电系统、组件和推进系统。根据 VTDigger 此前的报道，该公司拥有全球客户群，截至 2026 年 6 月雇佣了近 1,400 名员工。该公司创建了一个名为 ALIA 飞机的机型系列，包含两种不同类型的电动飞机：ALIA CTOL 和 ALIA eVTOL。
Beta Technologies, an aerospace and defense company based in Burlington, designs and sells electric aircraft as well as electric charging systems, components and propulsion systems for aircraft. The company has a global customer base, and employs almost 1,400 workers as of June 2026, according to past VTDigger reporting. The company created an aircraft family called ALIA aircraft, which consists of two different types of electric aircraft: the ALIA CTOL and the ALIA eVTOL.
据新闻稿称，特殊适航市场调查证书——这是首张此类证书——是 Beta Technologies 的一个里程碑，Cioffi 表示。
The Special Airworthiness Market Survey Certificate — the first of its kind, according to the press release — is a milestone for Beta Technologies, Cioffi said.
“这基本上证明了 FAA 相信该飞机的安全性、制造质量和可行性，足以在商业机场降落，”Cioffi 说。
“It basically proves that the FAA believes in the safety and the construction and the viability of this aircraft to be landing in commercial airports,” Cioffi said.
Cioffi 表示，全电动飞机可能为许多不同行业开辟新的经济可能性，从医疗撤离公司到特种货运公司。他说，飞行成本有可能通过电动机型得到缓解。
All-electric planes could open new economic possibilities for many different industries, Cioffi said, from medevac companies to special cargo companies. The cost of flights could potentially be mitigated by electric models, he said.
“而且能够垂直起降，也让飞机的运输拥有更大的灵活性，”Ciotti 说。
“And the ability to be able to take off and land in a vertical way just allows for so much more flexibility in the transportation of the plane as well,” Ciotti said.
该证书是 eIPP 计划，即电动垂直起降融合试点计划 的一部分，该计划由美国交通部长 Sean P. Duffy 于去年 9 月宣布，允许八个不同的项目区域开始测试先进航空器。
The certificate is part of the eIPP program , or Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Integration Pilot Program, announced by U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy last September, which allowed eight different project areas to begin testing advanced air mobility aircraft.
根据声明，这些项目包括各州合作伙伴和飞机制造商，涵盖从城市空中出租车服务到紧急医疗响应行动的各个方面。
The projects include various state partners and aircraft manufacturers, and include everything from urban air taxi services to emergency medical response operations, according to the release.
根据最初的公告，这些先进航空器型号可以改善道路拥堵，改善应急服务和医疗运输，并帮助将农村社区与城市地区连接起来。
These advanced air mobility aircraft models could improve road congestion, improve emergency services and medical transport, and help connect rural communities to urban areas, according to the original announcement.
据 Beta 发言人称，Beta 在该认证下的首次飞行是从普拉茨堡飞往伯灵顿。
Beta’s first flight under the certification went from Plattsburgh to Burlington, according to the Beta spokesperson.
“接下来，我们将搭载运营商和关键利益相关者飞行，以便他们能亲身体验这款飞机，”该发言人说。
“Next we’ll be flying with operators and key stakeholders so they can experience the aircraft firsthand,” the spokesperson said.