Comment on High hopes: Aviation exec sees South Florida travelers riding his electric air taxi service and new Zoom! airline

So you want to start an airline. How about two? That’s what Miami airline executive-entrepreneur Ed Wegel proposes to do as he orchestrates what he calls “the last rodeos” of a commercial aviation career that dates back to the 1980s. Within a little more than a week, Wegel has formally announced plans to start a South Florida air taxi service using eVTOLs (electric vertical takeover and landing) aircraft, and a Miami-based scheduled airline that would serve small cities in the Northeast and Midwest, as well as destinations in the Caribbean and Central America. The air taxi plans call for UrbanLink Air Mobility to ferry commuters among landing spots including airports in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.