Future shuttle/air-taxi services will quickly become over-subscribed –the only way vertiport operators can increase throughput is through higher capacity aircraft. The Linx’s 9 passenger cabin roughly doubles the payload of typical leading e-VTOL air taxis

The Linx’s 9 seat cabin also compares well to the the similar sized AW109 helicopter which carries 6 in the cabin and a 7th sitting next to the pilot.

Helicopter drive trains for main and tail rotors are mechanically complex, driving up maintenance costs. The Linx’s single rotor is essentially un-powered (apart from the electric spin-up motor, used only prior to take-off) and the corrosion-proof composite airframe will be light and low drag, and while the EIS model will use existing turboprop engines, overall costs are expected to be 40% below those of a similar size helicopter.