Air taxis and personal transports

by Michael Willoughby Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic is considering expanding from its original (and much-delayed) goal of taking tourists into space into aerial mobility, according to London’s Daily Telegraph. “Shareholder documents filed ahead of […]

by Michael Willoughby EHang, one of China’s largest drone makers, has made a confidential application for an initial public offering (IPO) with Nasdaq, according to people with knowledge of the matter, according to the South […]

by Michael Willoughby Frisco Mayor, Jeff Cheney says Uber has chosen the North Texas city as the first test site for its verti-port, reports the Dallas Business Journal. The paper points out that a helipad was […]

by Michael Willoughby According to a u-blox press release, Quantum-Systems, a German company specialising in the development and production of electric VTOL (Vertical Take-off and Landing) aircrafts for civilian use, has incorporated u-blox module in […]

by Michael Willoughby Lift’s CEO says the company’s Hexa project is still on track to take on its first customers by the end of this year, reports Yahoo! Finance’s Geekwire. “Matt Chasen, a veteran of […]

by Michael Willoughby VoloCopter’s VoloCity took its first European urban flight on 9 September video released by the German company shows. The Stuttgart demonstration of the eVTOL vehicle was made in front of the Minister-President […]

Volocopter made the first urban demonstration flight of an electrically-powered air taxi in a European city centre with a flight in Stuttgart of September 9. The flight was a highlight of the two-day event “Vision […]

By Michael Doran At the June 2019 Uber Elevate Summit in Washington, Melbourne was announced as the third city to join the Uber Air program and become part of the vision to bring this new […]

by Michael Willoughby Volocopter, the German Urban Air Mobility company, has signed the first closing of its Series C funding round, led by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely Holding). The new funds will be used […]