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Air taxis and personal transports

UAE’s GCAA grants Archer Restricted Type Certificate, establishing pathway to restricted eVTOL services

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has transitioned Archer’s Midnight aircraft into a Restricted Type Certificate (RTC) programme, advancing the regulatory path for the aircraft’s entry into service in the UAE, […]

Emerging regulations

UK government outlines regulatory workplan for speeding BVLOS operations and eVTOL integration

UK transport minister Heidi Alexander has highlighted the UK government’s new aviation priorities, including enabling routine Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone flights and electric Vertical Take Off and Landing (eVTOL) integration, in a […]

Air taxis and personal transports

SkyDrive becomes Japan’s first eVTOL developer to earn “Approved Design Organization” certification

SkyDrive reports it has officially received Approved Design Organization (ADO) certification from the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB), under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). “SkyDrive is the first dedicated eVTOL developer […]

Air taxis and personal transports

EUROCAE launches consultation on VTOL certification

EUROCAE has opened a consultation on new guidance (ED-342) on using simulation in handling qualities certification of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft. The standards organisation’s working group on VTOL (WG-112) will develop the appropriate […]

AAM/UAM route and programme news

US Department of Transportation selects eight eIPP programmes to progress AAM US operations

US Transportation Secretary Sean P Duffy and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced eight proposals were selected as part of the Advanced Air Mobility and Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) Integration Pilot Program […]

Air taxis and personal transports

SkyGrid, Wisk Aero propose new class of flight rules to enable automated AAM operations

SkyGrid and Wisk Aero have released a new white paper, Enabling Scalable Urban Air Mobility Through Automated Flight Rules, outlining how Automated Flight Rules (AFR) can enable the safe and scalable integration of Urban Air […]

Emerging regulations

New US Senate proposed legislation “will speed FAA certification of US eVTOLs”

A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators – John Curtis (R-UT), Peter Welch (D-VT), Ted Budd (R-NC), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Jerry Moran (R-KA), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Tim Sheehy (R-MT), and Todd Young (R-IN) – will introduce […]