Zachary Lovering
CEO and Founder, Aera Aircraft
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CEO and Founder of Aera Aircraft, a company focused on delivering low-cost, all-electric commuter aircraft. Previously, as Vice President for Urban Mobility Systems at Airbus, he oversaw Urban Mobility operations in the US and was responsible for the end-to-end system integration of next generation aircraft into our airspace and cities. He led the company’s flagship eVTOL demonstrator, Vahana. He also led new rotor blade programs (MD500, AH6i, UH1H) at Helicopter Technology Company, worked on the structures, propulsion, and aero-performance teams at Zee.Aero (now Kittyhawk), and started at A³ as the founding Chief Engineer for Vahana.