Archer Aviation announced that it has been selected as the Official Air Taxi Provider of the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games and Team USA. Through this exclusive partnership, the two will look to integrate Archer’s Midnight eVTOL aircraft across the LA28 Games in a variety of ways, such as transporting VIPs, fans, and stakeholders transportation, while electrifying vertiport take-off-and-landing hubs for key venues and providing support for emergency services and security.

Archer and LA28 will introduce the company’s Midnight eVTOL aircraft to Los Angeles, which is expected to host over 15 million visitors and broadcast to billions of viewers globally over the course of the Games. The partnership includes support for Team USA through LA28.

Midnight is Archer’s piloted electric air taxi designed to carry up to four passengers while producing less noise and emissions than a traditional helicopter. Whether a Los Angeles resident, or a visitor, Archer’s goal is for passengers to be able to go to a vertiport take-off and landing hub near a key venue and then fly 10-20 minutes in Midnight to their destination of choice within Archer’s LA network, a valuable option as Games spectators and participants move throughout the city.

Archer’s planned network in LA includes vertiports at key venues that are central to the LA28 Games, including the Stadium in Inglewood and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Additionally, the network is planned to include critical visitor hubs, including Los Angeles International Airport, Hollywood, Orange County, and Santa Monica.