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[ April 30, 2025 ] GCAA approves design of Archer/Falcon helicopter/eVTOL vertiport plan at Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal Vertiports
[ April 30, 2025 ] UrbanV, Aeroporti di Roma set to host AAM masterclass for airport executives in September Training
[ April 30, 2025 ] Hybrid-electric airline company Heart to relocate operations from Gothenburg to Los Angeles Fixed wing low/zero emissions
[ April 30, 2025 ] Korean Air to build USD843 million UAM, R&D, flight safety and pilot training centre in Bucheon Research
[ April 29, 2025 ] EASA to amend airworthiness requirements for electric and hybrid propulsion aircraft Emerging regulations

Vertiports

GCAA approves design of Archer/Falcon helicopter/eVTOL vertiport plan at Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal

The United Arab Emirates’ General Civil Aviation Agency (GCAA) has approved the design for the planned transformation of an Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal helipad into a hybrid heliport for both helicopter and eVTOL aircraft operations. According to US eVTOL developer Archer, the company “is working [...]
Vertiports

“Commercial Brokers International identifies eight potential Los Angeles vertiport sites for Skyports”

The Costar real estate publication reports that Los Angeles-based Commercial Brokers International has lined up eight local sites for vertiports for potential operation at the 2028 Olympics for client Skyports Infrastructure. “By 2028, Skyports wants its first Los Angeles terminals open for business at rooftops, [...]
AAM/UAM route and programme news

Abu Dhabi Aviation Group and Archer “to deploy Midnight eVTOL aircraft globally this year”

The Emirates News Agency (WAM) reports that Abu Dhabi Aviation Group (ADA) has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Archer Aviation to deploy the first fleet of its Midnight electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft globally, starting this year. This initiative is [...]
UAM infrastructure

“1,504 vertiports now planned for construction worldwide” – latest Global AAM/UAM Market Map report

The February 2025 update to the Global AAM/UAM Market Map report: The global vertiport market map and forecast 2025-2029 has identified 1,504 vertiports being planned for development around the world, or implicit in the network launch plans of eVTOL operators. This is an increase of 500 [...]

GCAA approves design of Archer/Falcon helicopter/eVTOL vertiport plan at Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal

Vertiports

April 30, 2025 Comments Off

The United Arab Emirates’ General Civil Aviation Agency (GCAA) has approved the design for the planned transformation of an Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal helipad into a hybrid heliport for both helicopter and eVTOL aircraft operations. [...]

UrbanV, Aeroporti di Roma set to host AAM masterclass for airport executives in September

Training

April 30, 2025 Comments Off

UrbanV and Aeroporti di Roma are set to host the Airport AAM Masterclass, focused on integrating Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) into modern airport and transportation systems. The event will take place September 23-25, 2025, at [...]

Hybrid-electric airline company Heart to relocate operations from Gothenburg to Los Angeles

April 30, 2025 Comments Off

Hybrid-electric airplane manufacturer Heart Aerospace has announced the relocation of its corporate headquarters from Gothenburg, Sweden to Los Angeles, California. “This strategic move aims to bolster the company’s product development in the United States, supporting […]

Korean Air to build USD843 million UAM, R&D, flight safety and pilot training centre in Bucheon

April 30, 2025 Comments Off

Korean Air is investing KRW 1.2 trillion (USD843 million) to build a next-generation Urban Air Mobility (UAM) and Aviation Safety R&D Center in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province “to create a major new hub for future mobility […]

EASA to amend airworthiness requirements for electric and hybrid propulsion aircraft

April 29, 2025 Comments Off

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published a new rule-making task (RMT) “aimed at the development of a regulatory framework that allows a safe implementation of new air mobility, while addressing its challenges […]

Joby completes transition flights with pilot onboard

April 29, 2025 Comments Off

Joby Aviation has successfully completed flights with a full transition from vertical to cruise flight, and back again, with a pilot onboard. Transitioning from vertical to horizontal flight is a key design attribute of the […]

New York City Council plans commercial passenger helicopter ban – eVTOLs exempted

April 28, 2025 Comments Off

The New York City Council has voted to severely restrict non-essential helicopter operations at city heliports, despite strong opposition aviation industry groups. Only essential helicopter operations — such as US armed forces, emergency services, newsgathering […]

China’s Zhiyuan Research Institute “makes first flight of single person wearable eVTOL”

April 28, 2025 Comments Off

China’s Global Times reports that Zhiyuan Research Institute in Hangzhou, East China’s Zhejiang Province, has “launched what it calls the world’s first tri-ducted wearable electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) single-person flying vehicle and conducted […]

Hanjin and LS Group to cooperate on UAM infrastructure

April 28, 2025 Comments Off

Hanjin Group and LS Group have signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance cooperation across various industries including urban air mobility (UAM), the companies said on April 28. Hanjin is a logistics specialist and owner […]

Abu Dhabi Aviation Group and Archer “to deploy Midnight eVTOL aircraft globally this year”

March 27, 2025 Comments Off

The Emirates News Agency (WAM) reports that Abu Dhabi Aviation Group (ADA) has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Archer Aviation to deploy the first fleet of its Midnight electric vertical take-off and […]

Virgin Atlantic and Joby to launch eVTOL air taxi services in the UK

March 16, 2025 Comments Off

Joby Aviation today announced a partnership with Virgin Atlantic for air taxi services in the UK. “The partnership builds on an existing agreement between Joby and Delta Air Lines – which owns a 49 percent […]

Eve Air Mobility and UI Helicopter partner to advance AAM ecosystem development in South Korea

March 13, 2025 Comments Off

Eve Air Mobility and UI Helicopter, South Korea’s leading helicopter operator and maintenance provider, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cultivate the industry’s ecosystem in South Korea. Eve and UI Helicopter will collaborate to […]

Volocopter partners with Jet Systems Hélicoptères Service to offer eVTOL services in Paris

February 18, 2025 Comments Off

Volocopter has announced a new partnership with Jet Systems Hélicoptères Services, a licensed air service offering with over thirty years of passenger flight services, announced that they had signed an agreement to bring electric vertical […]

Eve partners with PRS Aeroportos, UrbanV, VertiMob in Brazil AAM regulatory vertiport trial

February 4, 2025 Comments Off

Eve Air Mobility has announced its collaboration with PRS Aeroportos – participating as a consortium between Pax Aeroportos SA, concessionaire of Campo de Marte Airport, and UrbanV SpA, vertiport operator – and VertiMob Infrastructure Ltda […]

GCAA approves design of Archer/Falcon helicopter/eVTOL vertiport plan at Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal

April 30, 2025 Comments Off

The United Arab Emirates’ General Civil Aviation Agency (GCAA) has approved the design for the planned transformation of an Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal helipad into a hybrid heliport for both helicopter and eVTOL aircraft operations. […]

“Commercial Brokers International identifies eight potential Los Angeles vertiport sites for Skyports”

April 25, 2025 Comments Off

The Costar real estate publication reports that Los Angeles-based Commercial Brokers International has lined up eight local sites for vertiports for potential operation at the 2028 Olympics for client Skyports Infrastructure. “By 2028, Skyports wants […]

UAE GCAA approves design for hybrid heliport

April 23, 2025 Comments Off

The United Arab Emirates General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has approved the design for the country’s inaugural hybrid heliport at Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal, Zayed Port. “The initiative is part of the Abu Dhabi Air […]

Skyports to use new investment from ACS Group to fund vertiports

April 22, 2025 Comments Off

Skyports has announced that infrastructure and construction specialist ACS Group has made an equity investment in Skyports, to become the largest investor in the company. ACS Group, which in 2023 generated revenue of USD 39 […]

ANAC selects regulatory sandbox teams to develop vertiports in Brazil

April 14, 2025 Comments Off

Brazil’s Civil Aviation Agency ANAC has selected teams led by Vertimob Infrastructure Ltda and PAX Aeroportos to develop the regulatory sandbox for the national vertiport model. The objective of the work is to provide solutions […]

Korea to permit vertiports at maritime port facilities

April 9, 2025 Comments Off

The Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said that vertiports could be incorporated into the country’s maritime port facilities. The move is part of the ministry’s Regulatory Innovation Promotion Plan, announced on April […]

The global timetable for AAM and UAM launch and development

November 6, 2023 Comments Off

There are now 170 cities, regions and states in 55 countries around the world developing plans for advanced air mobility (AAM) and urban air mobility (UAM) aviation services, according to the latest edition of the […]

UAM/AAM reality check: fire training-course approvals as important as airworthiness certificates

August 29, 2023 Comments Off

By Philip Butterworth-Hayes The rate of progress in the evolution of the global urban air mobility market is determined largely by the speed with which eVTOLs can be certified for commercial operations. That is, perhaps, […]

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Birch Investment @runjames2025 ·

17 Feb

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urbanairmobilitynews.com @urbanairmobili1 ·

15 Feb

Tokyo outlines detailed plans for eVTOL services, first demonstration flights “next year” https://www.urbanairmobilitynews.com/new-city-projects/tokyo-outlines-detailed-plans-for-evtol-services-first-demonstration-flights-next-year/

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Philip Butterworth-Hayes @unmanndairspace ·

13 Feb

AIRmarket to build UTM system to manage BVLOS drone flights throughout Alberta https://www.unmannedairspace.info/news-first/airmarket-to-develop-utm-platform-to-manage-bvlos-drone-operations-throughout-alberta/

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Philip Butterworth-Hayes @unmanndairspace ·

13 Feb

PANDRONE starts to develop autonomous drone, AI-based airport security system https://www.unmannedairspace.info/counter-uas-systems-and-policies/pandrone-starts-to-develop-autonomous-drone-ai-based-airport-security-system/

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