Joby Applies for Aircraft Certification in Australia

Joby Aviation announced it has formally applied for its revolutionary aircraft to be certified for use in Australia. Joby’s application to Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (“CASA”) for the validation of an FAA (“Federal Aviation Administration”) type certification builds on a bi-lateral agreement between the U.S. regulator and CASA, and it lays the groundwork for the introduction of quiet, emissionsfree air taxis in Australia.

Joby’s electric air taxi is designed to carry a pilot and four passengers at speeds of up to 200 mph, offering high-speed mobility with a fraction of the noise produced by helicopters and zero operating emissions. To date, Joby has completed more than 33,000 miles of all-electric flight with full-scale prototype aircraft and, in November 2023, Joby became the first electric air taxi company to fly in a major US city, taking off from the Downtown Manhattan Heliport in New York and demonstrating its aircraft’s quiet acoustics. Joby has also applied to have its FAA type certificate, once received, validated by the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (“JCAB”) and the United Kingdom’s Civil Aviation Authority (“CAA”).