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 […]

Business Partnerships

Urban-Air Port partners with Micro Nav to simulate real-time AirOne vertiport operations

Today, Urban-Air Port® (UAP) released details of its collaboration with Micro Nav, global operators in simulation of air traffic management and airspace operations. This partnership the company says will allow UAP to precisely demonstrate the […]

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

KEPCO and Vertical Aerospace sign MOU for joint development of eVTOL charging facilities

The Kansai Electric Power Company (KEPCO) and Vertical Aerospace Group have signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) to cooperate on the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) opportunity, and will establish a joint working group to study, […]

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 […]

Commentary

Political and industry opposition to drones and eVTOLs: currently uncoordinated but growing

By Philip Butterworth-Hayes The unfavourable reaction from Paris local politicians across the political divide to the launch of electric air taxi operations during the 2024 Olympic Games has taken many in the industry by surprise. The reaction […]

AAM/UAM route and programme news

Copenhagen Helicopter, Copenhagen AirTaxi sign letter of intent for Dufour cargo/passenger eVTOLs

The Danish company Copenhagen Helicopter and its partner Copenhagen AirTaxi – both based at Roskilde Airport – have signed a letter of intent with Dufour Aerospace for a conditional order to purchase the Aero2 UAV […]

Air taxis and personal transports

“Lack of local funding partners forces Volocopter to put air taxi launch in Singapore on hold”

The launch of Volocopter’s air taxi operations in Singapore has been put on hold indefinitely, according to the Straits Times as the company has been unable to secure local partners who can share the burden […]