Air taxis and personal transports

Horizon Aircraft has announced today that it has successfully completed initial transition flight testing of its Cavorite X5 50% scale eVTOL prototype in the ACE Climatic Wind Tunnel. Brandon Robinson, CEO of Horizon Aircraft said: […]

Libra Group, a privately owned international business group has announced today that Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd. (SMFL) has agreed to acquire a 35% stake in its aviation subsidiary, LCI. Additionally, SMFL and Libra […]

Several on-line press reports say Shanghai-based eVTOL startup Vertaxi has unveiled the full size prototype of its five-seat M1 eVTOL. The company plans to certify the cargo model first with 500kg payload. According to February […]

Leaders from the US advanced air mobility (AAM) community, giving evidence to the US House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee on “FAA Reauthorization: Harnessing the Evolution of Flight to Deliver for the American People” on March […]

Vertical Aerospace reports it has secured the first ever Design Organisation Approval (DOA) issued to an eVTOL manufacturer by the UK Civil Aviation Authority. “The DOA authorises Vertical to conduct design activities and issue design […]

Ascendance Flight Technologies, a startup dedicated to sustainable aviation, has raised EUR21 million from a range of new investors. According to a company press release: “French Tech Souveraineté, operated by Bpifrance as part of the […]

LYTE Aviation has revealed its 40-seat (hybrid) eVTOL SkyBus and SkyTruck programme.  Its LA-44 SkyBus and complementary SkyTruck cargo variant, designed around a 4.5 tonne payload, is the accumulation of three years’ R&D. “The SkyBus will offer […]