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Joby Operates Flight Between Two California Airports

SANTA CRUZ – Joby Aviation, a company developing all-electric air taxis for commercial passenger service, announced it has successfully operated with other aircraft in FAA-controlled airspace by completing its first flight between two U&period;S&period; airports, Marina (OAR) and Monterey (MRY), California&period; The achievement is a major step as part of Joby’s commercial market readiness, highlighting key capabilities across safety, operations, air traffic control and certification progress&period; It’s a critical measure of the maturity of the Company’s path to commercialization as the flights also demonstrated the type of real-world service Joby intends to offer to the public&period;&NewLine;Joby’s flight time from OAR to MRY was approximately 12 minutes over 10 nautical miles, including 5 minutes in a hold pattern at MRY for air traffic spacing&period; The piloted flight included vertical takeoff, transition to wingborne flight, integration into the controlled airspace around MRY, and vertical landing&period; The milestone marks the first time a piloted electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi has flown from one public airport to another&period; The flight also successfully demonstrated the team’s ability to conduct mobile flight tests and deliver full ground support operations away from home base in Marina&period;&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Successfully flying from Marina to Monterey showcased operations of our aircraft integrated in the broader transportation network and further validated its performance to ensure we’re prepared for service on day one,” said Didier Papadopoulos, President of Aircraft OEM at Joby&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;For years, our flight testing has validated our aircraft’s capabilities, and we’ve done this across a wide range of environmental conditions&period; As part of the natural progression of our flight test program, it was time to venture further, and there was no better place to visit first than our neighbors in Monterey&period;”&NewLine;These critical flight tests also provided developmental data related to the human factors of operating the aircraft at a controlled airport and in the enroute national airspace&period; In particular, Joby’s ability to integrate into controlled airspace was demonstrated when its aircraft successfully sequenced with other aircraft at Monterey Airport, including a holding pattern to accommodate another arriving airliner&period; Joby’s aircraft systems, pilot certification and training were on full display by adhering to the same air traffic control protocols as a major airline&period; This is also an important step in the Company’s certification efforts, as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires aircraft to demonstrate they can operate in shared airspace by flying between multiple airports&period;&NewLine;

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