Air taxis and personal transports

France’s Council of State rules in favour today of Volocopter flights for Paris Olympics

Multiple press sources report France’s Council of State, the supreme administrative judge in France, has today ruled in favour of Volocopter flights taxis during the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games (July 26 – September 8). […]

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Paris City local authority renews legal battle against floating Austerlitz vertiport

The City of Paris, the mayor of the thirteenth arrondissement, Jérôme Coumet and several environmental protest organizations are challenging the French government’s decision to start Volocopter air taxi operations from a vertiport floating on the […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Extinction Rebellion France protest at DGAC offices against eVTOL plans for Paris Olympics

In Paris, activists from environmental group Extinction Rebellion have sprayed paint on the offices of the General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC) to protest against the deployment of eVTOLs during the Paris Olympic Games. According […]

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Public acceptance of urban air mobility: new research to understand scientific basis for attitudes

The SESAR-backed ImAFUSA programme – a project seeking to develop a scientific basis for understanding societal reactions to urban air mobility programme – has launched a website in which it will publish the key results […]

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Eve Air Mobility and NLR partner to understand UAM noise perception for residents and passengers

Eve Air Mobility reports it is partnering with the Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) to gather data that will support efforts to improve the community experience of UAM operations. “During August, we ran a study […]

Air taxis and personal transports

“The nine social principles that should anchor AAM” Berkeley University conference conclusions

Adam Cohen and Susan Shaheen PhD have published the proceedings of The Future of Aviation Conference: Advancing Aerial Mobility through Technology, Sustainability, and On-Demand Flight, hosted by the University of California, Berkeley,and held in person […]