Air taxis and personal transports

Ascendance and Amedeo seal a strategic partnership agreement to “speed the decarbonisation of global aviation”

Ascendance, manufacturer of hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) airplanes and solutions to decarbonise flying, has teamed with Amedeo (Amedeo Capital Limited), a privately owned global Aircraft Lessor and Asset Manager, to accelerate the development […]

UAM infrastructure

South Korea to invest USD22.4 million to build future aviation technology centre for drones and flying taxis

South Korea will invest USD22.4 million to build a future aviation centre in the eastern city of Wonju for the development, demonstration, and technology evaluation of future aviation technologies according to the Aju Korea Daily […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Electra completes “world’s first hybrid-electric ‘blown-lift’ eSTOL aircraft flight”

Aircraft manufacturer Electra announced today that it has completed the first flights of its EL-2 Goldfinch, a hybrid-electric, ultra-short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft. “The Goldfinch completed its hybrid-electric flight on November 19, from the […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Joby receives CalCompetes grant to support California facility expansion and 690 new jobs

Joby Aviation has announced it has been awarded a USD9.8 million California Competes grant by the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) to support the Company’s continued statewide expansion. “The USD9.8 million grant […]

AAM/UAM route and programme news

Dubai 2023: “Air Nostrum commits to electric propulsion retrofits to regional aircraft”

Spanish regional airline Air Nostrum has committed to buying 10 electric propulsion retrofit kits from Dovetail Electric Aviation. The companies announced the agreement at the Dubai Airshow, but they have yet to specify which aircraft […]