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Boeing Subsidiary Pioneering SoCal AAM Network
Wisk Aero, the California-based, Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) concern and wholly-owned Boeing subsidiary, has contemporaneously expanded its presence in Los Angeles—that most sublime, civilized, livable, and harmonious of U.S. cities—and advanced the state of the larger AAM industry by establishing Southern California’s first public air-taxi flights and discussions with local and city officials. In October 2023, by dint of a series of test flights undertaken at Long Beach Airport (LGB), Wisk became the first eVTOL air-taxi maker/operator to fly in the greater Los Angeles Area. Subject test flights provided opportunity for Wisk to conduct autonomous flight operations in a complex, real
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