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At the 2016 Digital-Life-Design conference in
Munich, A³ CEO Tom Enders
told participants that the fund’s mission is to
identify and invest in the most visionary
entrepreneurs in the global aerospace ecosystem. As
one of its first projects, A³ is collaborating
with mobility provider Uber on a market pilot to
provide an on demand transportation service
using Airbus Group’s H125 and H130 helicopters
with a goal of proving a new business model for
helicopter operators to access a broader
customer base.
Enders said the app will be the first step in a
project that aims to “connect air transport to
ground transport in an integrated way.” Uber
Technologies based in San Francisco,
California. It has a
customer base in North, Central, and South
Americas, Europe, the Middle East,
Africa, and the Asia Pacific.
The company was founded in 2009, as UberCab Inc.
However, in 2010 the company changed its name to
Uber Technologies (Uber). The company core
service is to provide users who are looking for
ground services (taxi services) with its Uber
app which allows users to arrange and schedule
transportation services with third party
providers.
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