Palm Beach County has taken a step into a future that wouldbring an all-electric mode of air travel to its main airport.
Spain-based transportation infrastructure company Ferrovial will lease five acres on Palm Beach International Airport’s property to build two vertiports for a fleet of electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, known as eVTOLs. These air taxis could connect passengers in West Palm Beach to Miami in 20 minutes, or to Tampa in one hour.
The Lilium Jet, as proposed by the German Lilium aerospace company partnering with Ferrovial, uses 36 all-electric engines, or ducted fans, that propel the aircraft forward as well as up and down, much like how a helicopter moves. The company also boasts a 155-mile range on a single
