Business Partnerships

Bristow, Electra, Avinor, Norwegian CAA to trial regional electric-aircraft services

Bristow Group Inc., Electra, Avinor, and the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority today announced the launch and contract signing of a second international test project for zero‑ and low‑emission aviation. “The project builds on Norway’s established […]

Air taxis and personal transports

SkyDrive becomes Japan’s first eVTOL developer to earn “Approved Design Organization” certification

SkyDrive reports it has officially received Approved Design Organization (ADO) certification from the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB), under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). “SkyDrive is the first dedicated eVTOL developer […]

Cargo and logistics

AUTOFLIGHT “completes autonomous eVTOL cargo flight across mountainous Guizhou”

Chinese eVTOL developer AUTOFLIGHT reports it has successfully completed China’s first two-ton-class eVTOL dedicated spring tea transport trial in Guizhou, a mountainous province in western China. The trial deployed AutoFlight’s CarryAll (V2000CG) – a fully […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Sarla announces investment for ‘Indian air taxi network’, explores vertiport at Cochin

IndiGo Ventures has made a strategic equity investment in Sarla Aviation, which Sarla has called “the first step towards building India’s first nationwide air taxi network”. “Imagine arriving at Bengaluru airport and instead of defaulting […]

Air taxis and personal transports

India’s Vman Aviation to buy 10 SkyClinic flying hospitals from LYTE Aviation

LYTE Aviation reports in a Linkedin post that India’s Vman Aviation has announced USD500 million of conditional purchase funds for 10 of units of LYTE’s SkyClinic flying hospital, “with a milestone-triggered USD10 million down,” according […]