Air taxis and personal transports

FI 2024: GKN Aerospace delivers wing assembly to Supernal for eVTOL demonstrator

GKN Aerospace has delivered the full composite wing assembly and by end of July will deliver booms for Supernal’s first electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) demonstrator aircraft. The Full-scale Technology Demonstrator (FSTD) will begin […]

Air taxis and personal transports

FI 2024: JEKTA to use ZeroAvia’s fuel cell system to power electric amphibious aircraft

JEKTA, the Switzerland-based developer of the PHA-ZE 100 amphibious aircraft, today announced that is has selected ZeroAvia’s fuel cell power generation system (PGS) technology to demonstrate the concept of a fuel cell variant of its […]

Public consultation

Paris City local authority renews legal battle against floating Austerlitz vertiport

The City of Paris, the mayor of the thirteenth arrondissement, Jérôme Coumet and several environmental protest organizations are challenging the French government’s decision to start Volocopter air taxi operations from a vertiport floating on the […]

AAM/UAM route and programme news

FI 2024: Joby shows full-scale eVTOL replica and plans for a Northern UK inter-urban network

Joby Aviation is making its debut at Farnborough International Airshow (Hall4: Booth # 41000) with a full-scale replica aircraft and some outline plans for a UK intercity network. “While Joby believes London offers a significant opportunity for […]

UAM infrastructure

World’s first municipal airspace management/autonomous vehicle ops centre opens in Israel

Israeli companies and government officials have developed the world’s first municipal airspace control centre, designed to manage autonomous drone and eventually eVTOL flights in and around cities. The new control centre has been built in […]