Numerous sources report that Boeing is closing its Boeing NeXt innovation division, which has been developing through its Aurora Flight Sciences subsidiary Passenger Air Vehicle
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Category: Air taxis and personal transports
Volocopter opens reservations for first UAM flights
At the Greentech Festival in Berlin on 16 September Volocopter announced the world’s first public sale for electrical air taxi flight reservations. According to a company press
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Regional authority to finance UAM programme in Ingolstadt with EUR100 million grant
The Bavarian Council of Ministers in Germany is supporting the Urban Air Mobility Initiative in Ingolstadt with an EUR100 million grant. A year ago, Bavaria
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World Economic Forum and Los Angeles launch UAM road-map/principles document
The World Economic Forum and the City of Los Angeles released a first-of-its-kind roadmap to support the roll-out of urban air mobility (UAM) in cities,
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EHang Latest Video: Watch EHang 216 Air Taxi flying over picturesque Gansu Province during recent trial flight
The Chinese AAV company uploaded a breathtaking video on to Youtube yesterday of an EHang 216 flying over the picturesque Gansu Province in Northwest China
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Cyclotech plans hover flight tests of its airfoil-less air taxi engine by end of year
Cyclotech (https://www.urbanairmobilitynews.com/air-taxis/cyclotech-launches-airfoil-less-air-taxi-propulsion-concept/) plans to perform the first perform full system tests on its airfoil-less air taxi propulsion concept on a static test bench and then
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Lilium signs regional transport service agreement with Dusseldorf and Cologne/Bonn airports
Lilium, the Munich-based company producing all-electric, vertical take-off and landing aircraft for regional air mobility markets, has agreed with both Dusseldorf Airport and Cologne/Bonn Airport
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UK’s Vertical Aerospace unveils designs for “revolutionary flying taxis”
UK’s Vertical Aerospace, a Bristol-based company, announced this week plans for a “revolutionary flying taxi” called the VA-1X. And Honeywell, which is supplying the flight
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Another step forward: Air corridors over Dubai to be formulated for AAVs
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreement representing yet another step towards realising a Dubai where Autonomous Aerial Vehicles (AAVs) fly above the city was announced
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EHang joins ICAO sponsored flying ambulance programme Ambular
EHang Holdings Limited has announced that it has been selected to join Ambular, an international project developing a flying ambulance for medical emergency use. Supported
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