Innovative Aerospace Summit: Joby Ramping Toward Initial Commercial Ops

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Innovative Aerospace Summit: Joby Ramping Toward Initial Commercial Ops

vides a pathway to

operate ahead of full certification and bring aircraft into communities while regulators, airports,

infrastructure partners, and operators learn together. Dubai is also a key early market given strong

alignment between regulators, operators, and infrastructure developers, with JOBY noting the first

vertiport at DXB is ready and expected to serve as an operational hub for the region.

Blade, Delta, Uber, And Toyota Strengthen Commercial Ecosystem. The acquisition of Blade

provides an existing helicopter operating model in attractive markets that can later transition to

eVTOL aircraft, helping validate routes, lounges, passenger flows, and airport-to-city operations.

Delta is positioned as JOBY's commercial airline partner to connect passengers into airport and

airline networks, while Uber is expected to help direct demand into Blade / JOBY services through its

consumer platform. Toyota supports Joby’s manufacturing ramp, with Toyota engineers working Sheila Kahyaoglu * | Equity Analyst

alongside JOBY teams on production processes and quality metrics. +1 (212) 336-7216 | sheila.kahyaoglu@jefferies.com

Jack Ewell * | Equity Analyst

Manufacturing Ramp Focused On Quality And Parallel Capacity. JOBY has announced a plan to +1 (646) 352-5648 | jewell@jefferies.com

build up to 4 aircraft per month and disclosed roughly 9 aircraft in different stages of production. The Kyle Wenclawiak * | Equity Associate

company is scaling manufacturing while maintaining aviation-grade quality, with Toyota supporting +1 (212) 323-7671 | kwenclawiak@jefferies.com

production discipline and process development. Key bottlenecks include hiring, training, equipment, William Healey * | Equity Associate