Air taxis and personal transports

eVTOL transports medical cargo adjacent to populated areas to test automated operations

An Ehang EH-216 transported heavy medical cargo through European airspace adjacent to populated area on 25 July 2023. The drone flight, a completely unmanned and automated mission, transported ten blood bags over 1-kilometer distance through […]

AAM/UAM route and programme news

SkyDrive given green light to identify vertiports and flight routes for Osaka eVTOL services in 2025

Japanese eVTOL manufacturer SkyDrive has announced it has been given the go-ahead to verify the feasibility of takeoff and landing areas and flight routes in the Osaka Bay Area in preparation for the launch of […]

Emerging regulations

FAA’s proposals “could open door for personal eVTOLs to be certified as light sports aircraft”

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has published a draft version of its Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification proposal (MOSAIC) and, according to Flying’s Jack Daleo, “if MOSAIC is approved as written, helicopters and eVTOL […]

Commentary

AAM, drone and UTM leaders expect industry acceleration following passage of FAA reauthorization

The US House of Representatives on July 20 passed the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act (H.R. 3935), a bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and aviation safety and infrastructure programmes […]