(Tampa, FL) – Tampa International Airport went Back to the Future Friday with a demonstration of the latest advanced mobility aircraft. Governor Ron DeSantis says Florida\u2019s eIPP program will include air taxis, cargo delivery, and emergency services. Real-world operations are expected to begin by the end of 2026.<\/p>\n
DeSantis says Florida will become a global hub for the FAA’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program. While not technically commercial \u201cflying cars,\u201d eIPP is the first FAA-oversighted world testbed for eVTOLs in the U.S. <\/p>\n
FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford says Florida will become a global hub for the eVTOL Integration Pilot Program and is already the most competitive in the country. <\/p>\n
DeSantis says the program is public-private with FAA oversight that ensures safety while allowing Floridians to travel from Miami to Orlando without accessing any roads.<\/p>\n
“We\u2019ve made infrastructure investments, enacted innovation-friendly policies, and worked hard to usher in a new era of transportation here in the Sunshine State.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Tampa, FL) – Tampa International Airport went Back to the Future Friday with a demonstration of the latest…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[23644,749,23647,23645,23646,135,862,23643,23642,23641,137,136],"class_list":["post-442684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-am-tampa-bay","tag-breaking-news","tag-fox-news-radio","tag-jack-harris","tag-sean-hannity","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-lightning","tag-tampa-bay-news","tag-tampa-bay-traffic","tag-tampa-bay-weather","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}