AAM/UAM route and programme news

India’s ePlane and Dubai’s Empire Aviation “partner to develop eVTOL services in Middle East and Asia”

March 4, 2025 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off

Multiple unconfirmed press reports say India’s ePlane has partnered with Dubai-based business aircraft charter company Empire Aviation to accelerate the deployment of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in the United Arab Emirates and […]

SkyDrive and AeroGulf Services plan tourist eVTOL services in the Palm Jumeirah, Dubai

February 28, 2025 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off

SkyDrive Inc and AeroGulf Services Company, a helicopter charter company based in Dubai, have signed a Letter of Intent for the purchase of up to 50 “SKYDRIVE” eVTOL aircraft. The partnership will focus on exploring […]

SkyDrive, Kyushu Railway Company plan eVTOL network in Oita, Japan

February 6, 2025 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off

SkyDrive and Kyushu Railway Company have signed a partnership agreement with the government of Oita prefecture to explore how the future provision of eVTOL services can improve the prefecture’s transportation infrastructure, providing economic benefits and […]

“Indian government to trial air taxis in Delhi, Mumbai and Pune next year”

February 3, 2025 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off

The Indian government will launch trials of indigenously-based air taxi services in 2026 in Delhi, Mumbai, and Pune, according to Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu, speaking on 31 January at an Aeronautical Society […]

Crisalion Mobility and Copenhagen Helicopter partner to develop AAM services in Denmark

January 28, 2025 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off

In a Linkedin post, Spanish eVTOL developer Crisalion Mobility has announced it has signed an MoU with Copenhagen Helicopter to advance Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) services in Denmark. “A cornerstone of this partnership is the […]

XPENG Aeroht announces “first Land Aircraft Carrier test flight in Hainan – 20 landing site this year”

January 21, 2025 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off

XPENG Aeroht has announced its Land Aircraft Carrier has completed its first flight in Hainan. According to an X post the company has partnered with over 40 “flight camps” across Hainan, creating an “Aerial Island […]

Sojitz, BETA, Yamato and Kitakyushu City to start CTOL cargo flight tests later this year

January 20, 2025 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off

Japan’s Sojitz Corporation, BETA Technologies Inc, Yamato Holdings and the city of Kitakyushu have today reached a basic agreement to conduct a joint verification test for electric aircraft based at Kitakyushu Airport. According to a […]

EHang starts Shanghai demonstration flights, to be followed by commercial services

January 16, 2025 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off

EHang announced that its EH216-S completed its inaugural demo flight in downtown Shanghai. It has also officially launched the regular trial operation of the eVTOL sightseeing routes by the Huangpu River at Longhua Airport in […]

Vertiport company Skyway and eVTOL operator FFG aim for 2026 commercial flights

January 15, 2025 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off

Skyway, a California based vertiport infrastructure development and operation company has announced its partnership with Future Flight Global (FFG), an electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) operations company. “This dynamic collaboration will set the stage […]

China’s eVTOL sector accelerates into 2025 with new platforms, orders and city plans

January 7, 2025 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Comments Off

The last two weeks has an acceleration in the number of advanced air mobility projects in China, both in the air and on the ground. In an X post eVTOL Brazil reports that on 27 […]