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“Subsidising vertiports rather than reducing fares will increase AAM benefits to lower-income households”

A new study “Who benefits from Urban Air Mobility? Spatial and income equity in multi-phased vertiport deployment” from the Technical University of Munich and Central South University, Changsha, China has concluded a 50% fare reduction […]

Air taxis and personal transports

SkyDrive to work with six Singapore tech companies to advanced eVTOL development

Japan’s SkyDrive has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for joint research, development, and technical validation focused on key component technologies for eVTOL aircraft with six Singapore-based technology companies — Accuron […]

Research

NASA funds AstraQua to research AI-based eVTOL propulsion system health diagnostics

NASA has awarded Santa Monica-based AstraQua USD1,274,990 to develop AstraSense for electrified aircraft propulsion. The project is focused on detecting degradation, diagnosing faults, predicting potential failures, and estimating remaining capability in complex electric propulsion systems. […]

Air taxis and personal transports

“Cassio S” reborn as “X-Volt” to flight test ERA 19-seat hybrid electric airliner technologies

Just two months after acquiring VoltAero’s assets, AURA AERO has returned the Cassio S hybrid-electric demonstrator to flight at Rochefort Airport, under its new name “X-VOLT”, says the company in a press release. “X-VOLT will […]