Vermont electric-aircraft maker of the Alia A250 (VTOL) and CX300 (conventional takeoff); focused on cargo, medical and defence customers and builds charging infrastructure. First eVTOL to receive an FAA market-survey airworthiness certificate (Oct 2026).
The FAA issued Beta Technologies a special airworthiness certificate for market surveys on its Alia A250, the first for an electric vertical-takeoff aircraft, announced by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on October 21. It lets Beta fly the aircraft for prospective operators and customers, within FAA limits. It does not allow fare-paying service, which still requires full type certification.
BETA Technologies — Alia A250, special airworthiness certificate for market surveys — The FAA issued BETA Technologies a special airworthiness certificate for market surveys covering the Alia A250, announced by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on 21 Oct 2026 — the first for an electric vertical-takeoff aircraft. Issued under Part 21, it lets BETA fly the aircraft for prospective operators and customers, and carry them, within FAA limitations, ahead of type certification. It does not permit commercial or fare-paying operations. BETA flew the A250 on 20 Oct from Plattsburgh, New York, to Burlington, Vermont (~34 nmi, 20 min), taking off and landing vertically with wing-borne cruise; it had earlier received the same kind of certificate for its conventional-takeoff CX300. This is the step between company test flights and service — people who are not crew aboard an uncertified eVTOL — not the service itself.
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