AAM/UAM route and programme news

Bye Aerospace’s E-Flyer “on track for certification; electric air taxi route planned for Australia”

Fly On E Sustainable Aviation in a Linkedin post reports that the Bye Aerospace E-Flyer is “on track for FAA Part 23 certification and service entry in the next 24 to 30 months.” E-Flyer aircraft […]

Air taxis and personal transports

India’s BluJ “conducts first flight of its hydrogen-powered VTOL prototype”

Indian Aerospace Defence News reports that Hyderabad-based startup BluJ Aerospace Private Limited has successfully conducted a flight test of India’s first hydrogen-electric propulsion based vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft prototype. BluJ is developing two […]

Air taxis and personal transports

“Lilium GmbH and Lilium eAircraft GmbH plan on filing for insolvency imminently”

According to a public filing of FORM 6-K to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, as published by the www.publicnow.com website, “As previously reported, Lilium N.V. (the “Company” or “Lilium”) has been engaged in fundraising […]

Emerging regulations

FAA issues final rule for eVTOL/air taxi pilot and instructor certified requirements

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today issued a final rule for the qualifications and training that instructors and pilots must have to fly aircraft in the “powered-lift” category, which have characteristics of both airplanes and helicopters. According […]