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Helsinki airport Volocopter demonstrator flight shows viability of UTM technology for complex, congested airspace

The world’s first electric air taxi flight managed by a UTM system integrated with the country’s air traffic management (ATM) system, with multiple UTM service providers sharing flight tracking and communications data through a single […]

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New study details global urban air mobility costs, revenues and infrastructure requirements

The first global, detailed, city-by-city analysis of urban air mobility investment costs, revenue potential and infrastructure requirements has been completed by Washington DC-based corporate and strategic financial consultancy NEXA Advisors. NEXA has researched detailed infrastructure […]

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Wing “focusing on community impact” – Terrance Bouldin-Johnson, Head of Australian Operations

By Michael Doran Following the launch in April 2019 of the first Australian commercial drone delivery service, Wing announced plans on 31 July to expand operations into one of the fastest growing communities in Australia, […]

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Bahamas drone delivery service starts with 50 mile test flight through controlled airspace

Volans-i, Inc., an on-demand drone delivery business based in San Francisco, CA, and Fli Drone, part of the Bahamas-based Hogfish Ventures group completed the first long-range unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) delivery in The Bahamas on June 18, 2019. The […]

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Jakarta megacity highlights how urban air mobility can impact the developing world

This article, by Pamir Sevincel[1] reflects an official collaboration between The Aviary Project, a London-based Urban Air Mobility community aiming to bring UAM to the UK by 2025 and Empasco, a non-profit organization that is working towards leveraging technology […]

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“Urban air mobility will pose multiple U-Space challenges” – Third U-Space Demonstrator Network meeting

Early results from on-going European U-Space demonstrator programmes suggest that when considering the application of UAS traffic management systems to urban air mobility (UAM) applications there are fundamental challenges – which until now have not […]