KinectAir, which provides an operating system for booking private charter and so-called advanced air mobility flights, has partnered with Electra.aero, a "next-gen" aerospace company.
The pairing aims "to meet the growing demand for convenient, safe, and affordable flight services in the under-served regional travel market", according to a KinectAir statement.
"The combination of Electra’s quiet and cost-efficient electric short take-off and landing (eSTOL) aircraft operated on KinectAir’s software-defined network unlocks the promise of regional air mobility by lowering the cost of point-to-point air travel while exploiting the vastly under-utilised existing infrastructure of 5,200 federally funded regional airports," the company said,.
“KinectAir makes booking private air travel easier and more affordable through our smartphone app with AI-backed route dispatch and demand generation capabilities, thereby reducing empty legs and lowering prices. Out of over 40,000 itineraries entered into our software, 83% of customers want to bypass the largest 30 airport hubs in order to use only point-to-point airport pairs,” said KinectAir chief executive officer (CEO) Jonathan Evans.
“We are presenting today what the future advanced air mobility market will look like, with the four- and eight-seat aircraft in our app. We have found that our customers book an average flight distance of 215 miles, so we know from our software data that the sweet spot for regional air mobility is between 100 and 300 miles,” added Evans.