Air taxis and personal transports

AAMI publishes its inaugural “Veterans Within Advanced Air Mobility” special report

The Advanced Air Mobility Institute has published its inaugural “Veterans Within Advanced Air Mobility” special report. Please visit the Institute’s homepage (www.aaminstitute.org) to download. “Service members often work with cutting-edge technology in defence of their […]

Air taxis and personal transports

SkyDrive and Kansai Electric Power Company to co-develop eVTOL charging facilities in Japan

SkyDrive Inc has announced it will jointly develop electric charging facilities for eVTOLs with the Kansai Electric Power Company and will install and operate the electric charging facilities in Osaka, Kansai, for the World EXPO […]

AAM/UAM route and programme news

EHang and partners “to develop eVTOL tourist eco-system for Pingtan Island”

EHang Intelligent Equipment (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd., Fujian Xinyun Technology Investment Co., Ltd. and the Experimental Zone Investment Promotion Committee have signed a low-altitude flight tourism project covering the resort island of Pingtan, according to China’s Baidu news […]

Air taxis and personal transports

EHang opens its European UAM Centre at Lleida-Alguaire airport in Spain

EHang Holdings Limited has announced the inauguration of its first European UAM Centre in Spain (see https://www.urbanairmobilitynews.com/air-taxis/ehang-to-inaugurate-first-european-autonomous-air-vehicle-operations-centre-on-31-october/). “Located inside the Lleida–Alguaire International Airport (“LEDA”), the centre represents the first-of-its-kind in Europe for unmanned electric vertical […]

AAM/UAM route and programme news

Helijet International orders BETA ALIA eVTOLs for Pacific Northwest routes

Helijet International Inc., North America’s largest and longest-standing helicopter airline, has  announced plans to become the first Canadian air carrier to provide passenger and cargo services using electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft after […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Sanford Raleigh Executive Jetport (NC) “to install electric aircraft/ground vehicle chargers”

North Carolina’s State Aviation News reports that the state took a step toward sustainable aviation with last week’s groundbreaking of the first electric aircraft chargers in North Carolina. “The electric chargers were designed by BETA […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Airlander airship “can greatly improve connectivity in Highland and Island communities”

Hybrid Air Vehicles has today announced the results of a new concept study into the role of the Airlander airship “finding that it can deliver cost-effective, low-emission passenger transport and freight to the Highland and […]