Reta Jo Lewis, president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, visited Beta’s airplane plant to see how a $169 million loan was put to use.
The president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States was in Vermont Tuesday to tour the Beta Technologies electric aircraft manufacturing facility at Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport off Williston Road that it helped build with a $169 million loan.
Reta Jo Lewis, who is also chair of the board of directors of the bank, wanted to see firsthand how the loan the bank provided to Beta in November was being put to use, creating jobs and producing products for export, the mission of the bank. The bank serves as the official export credit agency of the United States.
Beta has already signed a deal to provide electric aircraft to Air New Zealand and …
The president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States was in Vermont Tuesday to tour the Beta Technologies electric aircraft manufacturing facility at Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport off Williston Road that it helped build with a $169 million loan.
Reta Jo Lewis, who is also chair of the board of directors of the bank, wanted to see firsthand how the loan the bank provided to Beta in November was being put to use, creating jobs and producing products for export, the mission of the bank. The bank serves as the official export credit agency of the United States.
Beta has already signed a deal to provide electric aircraft to Air New Zealand and …
