Joby Taps Air Space Intelligence To Manage eVTOL Traffic Coordination

Joby Aviation has tapped Air Space Intelligence (ASI) and its Flyways AI platform to tackle the airspace coordination challenges of commercial eVTOL operations, with live demonstrations in the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS) planned before year-end.

Announced on April 7, the collaboration brings together two complementary software systems: Joby’s ElevateOS platform for on-demand air taxi services and ASI’s Flyways AI, an artificial intelligence platform that uses advanced 4D modeling to optimize operations. According to Boston-based ASI, Flyways AI currently manages more than 40% of all U.S. air traffic.

Where ElevateOS manages the internal mechanics of running an air taxi operation—booking, scheduling, and dispatching—Flyways AI handles the external challenge: coordinating with air traffic controllers and other airspace users in real time to keep eVTOL operations from disrupting an already busy NAS.

“Scaling advanced air mobility requires more than new aircraft—it requires a new operating system for the airspace,” said Bernard Asare, president of civil aviation at ASI. “Our Flyways AI platform gives operators and controllers the predictive awareness to coordinate high-density operations proactively, not reactively. This partnership brings that same capability to eVTOL operations from day one.”

Joby, which is still working to certify its four-passenger eVTOL air taxi with the FAA, also brings hands-on operational experience through its acquisition of Blade Air Mobility’s passenger helicopter operations, completed last August.

“By combining Joby’s operational capabilities with ASI’s advanced AI-driven Flyways platform, we’re helping build the intelligent infrastructure needed to integrate electric air taxis seamlessly into the NAS,” said Joby chief policy officer Greg Bowles.

The ASI-Joby partnership will also explore how the FAA’s new air traffic control system can support more automated, software-defined approaches to airspace coordination, potentially enabling increasingly autonomous flight operations.

The announcement follows a busy stretch for Joby. Last month, the company completed a series of piloted demonstration flights across the San Francisco Bay Area. It was also recently named a partner in multiple winning applications under the White House-backed eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP), opening the door to early commercial operations in 12 states this year.