Archer Aviation appointed Nikhil Goel as the new chief commercial officer to lead the execution of Archer’s global commercialization efforts as the Company progresses forward to launch its eVTOL ‘Midnight’ by 2025.
As Chief Commercial Officer, Goel will be responsible for spearheading Archer’s commercialization strategy with a focus on bringing New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami and San Francisco online as Archer’s initial domestic markets. He will also be responsible to establish international partnerships across Middle East, Asia, and Latin America.
“Having recently traveled around the world to the largest international markets and seen firsthand how strong the demand for our aircraft is outside the US it’s clear that now is the right time to make this strategic hire and bring Nikhil on to capitalize on the sizable market opportunity for domestic and global expansion,” said Adam Goldstein, founder and chief executive, Archer. “Since day one, we’ve laid out an aggressive goal to be the first to bring an eVTOL aircraft to the UAM market, and adding Nikhil to our senior leadership team significantly bolsters our efforts to reach that goal.”
Goel’s addition is timely as Archer is continuing to rapidly advance its commercialization efforts after receiving a $10 million pre-delivery payment from United Airlines for 100 eVTOL aircraft that it anticipates deploying into the multiple point-to-point routes it has announced alongside United in the US.
Goel joins Archer from Uber, where he co-founded Uber Elevate, its air taxi division and helped spin off the Uber Elevate business in a strategic sale to Joby Aviation. He has also been a senior Advisor to Archer since 2020.
“My career has been focused on transforming the way people move in and around cities and enabling the future of on-demand, urban air transportation,” said Nikhil Goel, chief commercial officer, Archer “I’ve been working with Adam and the team for several years, and I believe Archer is the most well-positioned eVTOL aircraft OEM to make this vision a reality with the industry’s leading team and product. It’s an honor to join the company as Chief Commercial Officer and lead our path to market.”