Powered lift includes aircraft described by industry watchers as electric vertical takeoff and landing, or eVTOL. Using tilt rotors, eVTOL aircraft are designed to take off and land vertically like a helicopter and then transition into forward flight on fixed wings like a plane.

The Federal Aviation Administration has published new rules that it calls “the final piece of the puzzle” toward allowing half-helicopter, half-airplane, electric “air taxis” to start whizzing through the skies.

Federal regulators are giving a strong push to electric-powered air taxis by issuing a final rule for operating the aircraft and how pilots will be trained to fly them.

The FAA published a highly anticipated special federal aviation regulation that paves the way for the new generation of eVTOL aircraft. At the National Business Aviation Administration-Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Las Vegas,

The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday finalized comprehensive training and pilot certification rules for flying air taxis, addressing a key hurdle to the deployment of electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

Clearing the way for a new class of "powered lift" aircraft to get off the ground, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on 22 October released a finalised rule outlining operational and pilot-training requirements for the burgeoning electric air taxi sector.

Agency will publish guidelines for pilot training and operations of powered-lift aircraft, including electric and hydrogen powered air taxis.

US aviation regulators will release final safety rules for the nascent air taxi industry Tuesday, crossing a key milestone for companies such as Joby Aviation Inc. and Archer Aviation Inc. to eventually begin commercial operations.