Flying into the Future: Why Archer Aviation’s High‑Altitude Breakthroughs and Global Partnerships Are Electrifying the Air‑Taxi Market (Oct 2025)
Recent Developments (Late Sept – Oct 6 2025) Osaka chooses Soracle & Archer for air‑taxi services On 29 Sept 2025, Archer announced that Osaka Prefecture and Osaka City selected Soracle, the Japan Airlines‑Sumitomo joint venture, to build the region’s air‑taxi network using Archer’s Midnight aircraft investors.archer.com. The agreements allow Soracle to deploy Midnight as the core of its fleet, and the partners exhibited the aircraft at the Osaka Kansai World Expo zagdaily.com. As part of the alliance, Soracle can purchase up to 100 Midnight aircraft (a deal worth roughly $500 million), which will offer 20‑to‑50‑mile trips at up to 150 mph while being “100 times quieter” than helicopters zagdaily.com. Japanese