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Beta Technologies
📍 Burlington, Vermont🗓 Founded 2017💰 $800M+
Beta Technologies takes a unique approach — building both a fixed-wing eVTOL (ALIA) and a proprietary charging network simultaneously. Their ALIA aircraft has one of the longest ranges in the sector at 250 miles, and they've already deployed standardised charging stations across the US eastern seaboard.
$800M+
Total Funding
1
Aircraft Models
3
Target Cities
4
Backers
INVESTORS & BACKERS
Amazon
United Therapeutics
Fidelity
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
TARGET CITIES
New York, USAPLANNED
Boston, USAPLANNED
Chicago, USAPLANNED
Fleet
Beta ALIA
Fixed Wing·piloted·First flight 2021
G-1 IssuedFAA
5 pax
Passengers
274 km/h
Max Speed
402 km
Range
4,572 m
Altitude
2,948 kg
MTOW
4
Rotors
55 dB
Noise
2025
Cert Target
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- ·Longest range in the sector at 402 km — enables regional, not just urban, routes
- ·Fixed-wing design with vertical lift rotors: efficient cruise like a plane
- ·Amazon has ordered 10 ALIA aircraft for package delivery variant
- ·Beta owns and operates its own standardised charging network (27+ stations)
- ·United Therapeutics using ALIA for organ transport — real commercial use today
- ·Fixed-wing makes it suitable for existing small airports, not just vertiports
SOURCES
Beta Technologies company press releases 2022-2023Amazon delivery contract announcement 2022FAA G-1 Special Conditions issuedUnited Therapeutics organ transport partnership 2023