Emerging regulations

UK government outlines regulatory workplan for speeding BVLOS operations and eVTOL integration

UK transport minister Heidi Alexander has highlighted the UK government’s new aviation priorities, including enabling routine Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone flights and electric Vertical Take Off and Landing (eVTOL) integration, in a […]

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 […]