Fixed wing low/zero emissions

Wayfarer announces completion of retrofitted electric propulsion technology research

Wayfarer Aircraft today announced the successful completion of its NASA Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) project that demonstrated the performance of the Waylift system. Waylift is a patented retractable Distributed Electric Propulsion (DEP) […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Sarla Aviation partners with aviation navigational intelligence company Jeppersen ForeFlight

In a Linkedin post Sarla Aviation reports it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Jeppesen ForeFlight  – a company specialized in aviation navigation data, flight planning and aviation intelligence. “This collaboration will […]

AAM/UAM route and programme news

Archer Aviation starts “No Roads” flight tour of Northern California – Los Angeles next

Archer Aviation today announced the completion of Midnight’s city-to-city roundtrip flight between Salinas and Hollister, CA – the first stop on the company’s ‘No Roads’ flight tour. “Midnight completed the round trip between Salinas Municipal […]

Air taxis and personal transports

PAL-V “first fly-drive company to obtain EASA Production Organisational Approval”

Dutch company PAL-V reports it has obtained its European Production Organisation Approval (POA). “PAL-V now holds both the automotive and aviation production approvals required to manufacture its products on an industrial scale,” said the company. “This approval […]

New city projects

Louisiana department of transportation launches LIFTOFF Louisiana AAM programme

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) and its partners have officially launched LIFTOff Louisiana, a statewide Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) initiative designed to help the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) determine how next-generation aircraft can be […]

UAM infrastructure

European researchers publish conclusions on developing new ATM procedures for vertiports

The EUREKA SESAR3 Fast Track project Whitepaper “Innovative Air Mobility Challenges the Air Traffic Management Paradigm – A European Approach to Safe and Efficient Operation of Vertical Take-Off and Landing Capable Aircraft and Vertiports” has […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Beyond Aero and Côte d’Azur airports assess hydrogen propulsion infrastructure requirements

Beyond Aero, a company developing an electric business aircraft using hydrogen propulsion, and Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur have announced a partnership to prepare the operational conditions required to accommodate the first hydrogen-electric business aircraft […]