URBAN AIR MOBILITY DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS PLAN

I. Executive Summary

Company Description

AeroBridge—the name combines "aero" for electric aviation and "bridge" for our role connecting operators and riders—launches in 2026 as a U.S.-based urban air mobility marketplace. We operate in the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) transport sector and sell on-demand, time-sensitive air taxi rides by aggregating certified eVTOL operator capacity under a capital-light platform. Headquartered in Los Angeles, our core offerings include a rider app, operator portal, regulatory compliance support, dynamic scheduling, and real-time safety monitoring, all designed to prioritize sustainability, safety, and operational efficiency.

We target frequent urban business travelers and high-value commuters in dense U.S. city corridors who value time savings over ground transit. Short-term goals: pilot launches in 2026 in Los Angeles and two partner corridors, achieve operational break-even with 65% average seat load within 18 months. Long-term goals: expand to 10 U.S. metropolitan regions by 2029, maintain >40% gross margin through optimized routing and operator partnerships, and set industry safety and sustainability benchmarks. Our differentiators are a capital-light aggregation model, operator certification workflow, and proprietary real-time dispatch that reduce wait times and increase reliability.

Problem

Major U.S. metropolitan areas such as Los Angeles suffer severe traffic congestion that costs billions in lost productivity and increases pollution. Ground-based transportation has reached physical capacity limits, producing slow, unpredictable cross-city travel for high-value professionals and executives.

Commuters face frequent, unpredictable delays and existing transit options lack the speed and premium experience time-sensitive travelers require. There is unmet demand for faster, reliable, point-to-point travel for executives and other time-constrained users.

There is a critical need for a scalable solution that uses underused urban airspace to bypass surface gridlock.

Solution

Major U.S. cities face severe congestion and no centralized booking option for quick, cross-city travel. Our platform is a seamless on-demand urban air mobility marketplace that connects passengers via a mobile app to a network of certified eVTOL operators, aggregates multiple third-party air taxi providers, routes between strategic vertiports, and provides instant booking, real-time itinerary management, and operator tools for fleet, maintenance, and advertising management.

Result: point-to-point, zero‑emission vertiport flights that cut hour‑long commutes to minutes while centralizing bookings and operator workflows.

Mission Statement

We make urban travel faster, greener, and more efficient by unlocking the third dimension and turning hours of commute into minutes of productive flight. We prioritize safety and sustainability while connecting people through a seamless air mobility platform and empowering a network of electric aircraft operators to lead the transition to a zero-emission aviation future. We aim to be the most trusted marketplace for urban air transportation in the United States.

Key Success Factors

Critical operational, regulatory, customer, technology, and safety elements that must hold to achieve the plan's financial and service targets.

• Maintain regulatory standing through a Regulatory Relations Manager paid $140,000/year and $18,000/month in compliance fees.
• Secure Corporate Executives as repeat customers to realize the projected 19.52% Return on Equity.
• Deliver superior UX from proprietary tech: a $300,000 mobile app and a $110,000 pricing engine.
• Build operator network with a 70% local operator mix to ensure flight availability.
• Protect brand safety reputation as a top priority in this emerging aviation sector.

Financial Summary

The Financial Summary shows rapid revenue scale with initial EBITDA losses and a path to profitability in September 2027.

Funding need and return: Minimum cash shortfall is $3,584,000 (Mar-28); breakeven is Sep-27 (21 months); payback within 45 months; overall IRR 3.18% and ROE 19.52%.

The plan scales revenue from $2.682M in 2026 to $37.978M in 2030 and reaches EBITDA of $14.273M by Year 5.

Funding Requirements

The company requires a $3,584,000 funding package to finance launch, Year‑1 marketing, initial CapEx, core team salaries, and runway to breakeven by September 2027.

Financial snapshot: revenue scales from $2.682M in 2026 to $37.978M in 2030, breakeven in Sep‑2027, Year‑5 EBITDA $14.273M, IRR 3.18%, ROE 19.52%, payback within 45 months.