AAM/UAM route and programme news

Archer announces major vertiport and eVTOL manufacturing agreement with Abu Dhabi partners

April 25, 2024 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off

Archer Aviation has announced the signing of a framework agreement in Abu Dhabi today at the DRIFTx mobility event. This agreement covers multi-hundred-million dollar investments to accelerate Archer’s planned commercial air taxi operations in the […]

FlyOnE adds 17 new locations to its electric air taxi network in Western Australia

April 22, 2024 Greg Suart Comments Off

FlyOnE, an aviation company, has announced the expansion of its electric aircraft flight routes in Western Australia to include decarbonised air taxi transport to 17 additional locations. “The new routes, already active now, cover popular […]

US federal and local agencies partner to develop electric aviation infrastructure at San Antonio

April 19, 2024 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off

Earlier this month the US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), the City of San Antonio Aviation Department and City Public Service Board (CPS Energy), and the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) signed […]

Wellington Airport selected as home base of New Zealand’s first all-electric service

April 17, 2024 Greg Suart Comments Off

Air New Zealand has today announced that it has selected Wellington and Marlborough Airports as the ports for its first all-electric aircraft. “Air New Zealand announced the purchase of its first next-generation aircraft, the all-electric […]

What eVTOL operations will happen this year in Paris?

April 16, 2024 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off

Paris 2024 has been marked for years as the launch-pad of the global advanced air mobility (AAM) industry. But while Volocopter eVTOLs will be flying this summer in the French capital they will not be […]

Supernal researchers investigate UAM route planning in the high-density airspace of Los Angeles

April 11, 2024 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off

In a new research paper “Design of UAM Network and Ecosystem Integration” from Supernal, researchers have investigated the routes and procedures to bring urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles to market in Los Angeles Metropolis. The […]

“First AAM operations in Australia in 2027; industry will develop in three waves” – AAUS

April 9, 2024 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off

According to a new publication “AAM: Industry vision and roadmap” published by the Australian Association for Uncrewed Systems (AAUS), 2027 is the date the first of type AAM aircraft will be ready for operation in […]

AAM Institute and ANCI Toscana Italian local authorities sign AAM partnership

March 21, 2024 Greg Suart Comments Off

The Advanced Air Mobility Institute and National Association of Italian Municipalities (ANCI Toscana) have officially entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development and promotion of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) in […]

“Costa Rica to launch EHang EH216 eVTOL commercial services in 2025”

March 17, 2024 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off

According to the Negocioaeroespacial news source, Bluenest, a subsidiary of Globalvia and EHang plan to introduce EH-216 autonomous eVTOL commercial flights in Costa Rica in 2025. “This event is the result of a strategic alliance […]

SkyDrive signs pre-order with Bravo Air for eVTOLs, will develop services at Augusta Regional Airport

March 15, 2024 Greg Suart Comments Off

SkyDrive a Japanese eVTOL aircraft manufacturer, and Bravo Air, a private air charter service operator based in Augusta, GA, USA, have signed a letter of intent for the purchase of up to 5 “SD-05 “SKYDRIVE” […]