By Chris Stonor UK start-up Urban-Air Port announced plans, today, with the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Division of Hyundai Motor Group, to develop 65 urban-air ports
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Category: Vertiports
Mexico: Vertiport for EHang 216 Air Taxis now complete at Tulum
By Chris Stonor Twitter is “all aflutter” with news that the much-publicised EHang vertiport being constructed at Tulum, Mexico is now complete with photos appearing
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Malaysia Airports, Skyports, Volocopter partner to carry out feasibility study for vertiport deployment in Malaysia
By Chris Stonor Malaysia Airports announced this week that it has signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Skyports, a leading designer and operator
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Read fascinating feature: “Building vertiport cities”
By Chris Stonor A fascinating feature entitled “Building of Vertiport Cities” was published this week on the website aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org. Written by journalists, Cat Hofacker and
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UAM progresses in Italy, first images of proposed vertiports in Fiumicino just released
By Chris Stonor Italy, like many world countries, has no intention of being behind the curve of the “fourth industrial revolution”. At Fiumicino, for example,
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NASA publishes concept of operations for high density vertiport operations
The US National Aeronautical and Space Administration has released a concept of operations for high density vertiport operations. The publication provides a guide for future technology
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Ireland: First passenger and cargo vertiport to be constructed by 2022
By Chris Stonor Skyports, Future Mobility Campus Ireland, Avtrain and Shannon Group are collaborating to establish Ireland’s first passenger and cargo vertiport to be constructed
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“Europe will need one vertiport/drone landing site per 3,000 urban residents by 2036” -DACUS report
The Demand and Capacity Optimisation for U-space programme (DACUS project) has published its Concept of Operations for “Demand and Capacity Balancing” (DCB) for drones within
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FAA, NASA and UAS industry leaders meet with NUAIR to discuss vertiport technology and self-flying aircraft in cities
Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance (NUAIR) is laying the groundwork to further develop NASA’s advanced air mobility (AAM) efforts. NUAIR manages the USD897,000 task
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EHang and Giancarlo Zema Design collaborate to construct “first eco-sustainable vertiport”
By Chris Stonor EHang announced last week its collaboration with Italian architecture firm, Giancarlo Zema Design Group (GZDG), to create the “world’s first fully eco-sustainable
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