Category: Air taxis and personal transports

Volocopter and DB Schenker have today announced an investment by the global logistics service provider into Volocopter, extending its Series C funding to now total

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Airspace Experience Technologies (ASX), an aviation technology start-up, and Spirit AeroSystems, a global aircraft design and manufacturing company, have signed a memorandum of understanding and

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Dubai is targeting 2022for its first commercial electric air taxi operation.  According to Professor Amair Saleem of the Dubai Road and Transport Authority (RTA) speaking

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by Michael Willoughby JAL, Sumitomo and Bell are set to explore business opportunities for the air mobility services, deploying Bell’s eVTOL in Japan and Asia.

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by Michael Willoughby Airbus and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to enable urban air mobility (UAM)

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by Michael Willoughby Uber is to announce the final two manufacturing partners for its planned Uber Air taxi network according to Nikhil Goel, Uber’s head of

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The New Zealand Government has signed a memorandum of understanding with urban air mobility company Wisk (https://www.urbanairmobilitynews.com/air-taxis/boeing-and-kittyhawk-launch-wisk-company-to-develop-the-cora-air-taxi/) to support a transport trial of the company’s

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by Michael Willoughby Toyota Motor Corp. is investing USD 394 million in Joby Aviation, the eVTOL maker, the companies said in a press release. The

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by Michael Willoughby Hanwha Systems reached a final close on its cross-border USD 25 million investment in California-based electric takeoff and landing, or eVTOL, aircraft

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by Michael Willoughby Urban air vehicles (UAVs) should be managed more like a bus network than a taxi system according to  Chinese autonomous aerial vehicle

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