Hawaii’s short inter-island route structure and established demand for regional air transportation make it an ideal environment to evaluate electric aircraft operations at commercial scale.

Launching in Hawaii, with short-haul routes, inter-island demand and high fuel costs, enables Surf Air to build on its extensive flight experience and transition that demonstrated performance into a scaled airline operation.

The joint application to the White House eVTOL Pilot Program would support cargo flights using Beta’s Alia between Mokulele’s inter-island routes.