Alt Air Teams Up with Eve Air Mobility and Skyports Infrastructure for AAM Operations in Australia

Eve Air Mobil­i­ty has entered into a strate­gic col­lab­o­ra­tion with Alt Air, a new Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty com­pa­ny which has also part­nered with Sky­ports Infra­struc­ture to pre­pare for oper­a­tions in the Aus­tralian states of New South Wales and Queens­land.

Along­side these part­ner­ships, Alt Air will lever­age exist­ing air­ports and oth­er unique avi­a­tion infra­struc­ture assets in Syd­ney, includ­ing oper­at­ing bases on Syd­ney Har­bour and at Palm Beach.

With Sky­ports, Alt Air will explore new ver­ti­port loca­tions to expand the net­work of future com­mer­cial eVTOL ser­vices in Queens­land. This con­sor­tium brings togeth­er the key com­po­nents required to estab­lish a safe, effi­cient, and sus­tain­able Urban Air Mobil­i­ty (UAM) ecosys­tem, one that posi­tions Aus­tralia as a glob­al leader in next-gen­er­a­tion trans­porta­tion ser­vices.

Johann Bor­dais, Chief Exec­u­tive Offi­cer at Eve Air Mobil­i­ty, said: “Through this col­lab­o­ra­tion, we are lay­ing the foun­da­tion for a world-class eVTOL ecosys­tem in Aus­tralia.

“New South Wales and Queens­land present an incred­i­ble oppor­tu­ni­ty to deliv­er sus­tain­able, qui­et, and effi­cient urban air mobil­i­ty solu­tions that will ben­e­fit res­i­dents, busi­ness­es, and inter­na­tion­al vis­i­tors, espe­cial­ly as we look toward the open­ing of West­ern Syd­ney Inter­na­tion­al Air­port and the glob­al stage of the Bris­bane 2032 Games.”

Togeth­er, Eve, Alt Air, and Sky­ports will co-devel­op an inte­grat­ed oper­a­tional plan span­ning crit­i­cal ele­ments of Australia’s emerg­ing eVTOL mar­ket. This includes ver­ti­port infra­struc­ture, route plan­ning, air­space inte­gra­tion, ground oper­a­tions, and cus­tomer expe­ri­ence.

The col­lab­o­ra­tion will play a sig­nif­i­cant role in sup­port­ing future com­mer­cial eVTOL ser­vices across both regions, includ­ing a roadmap that builds high-vis­i­bil­i­ty oper­a­tions in time for the Bris­bane 2032 Sum­mer Games.

It also focus­es on a phased com­mer­cial­iza­tion roadmap designed to bring eVTOL ser­vices online with sus­tain­abil­i­ty and safe­ty at the fore­front. Sky­ports will lead efforts to eval­u­ate and devel­op ver­ti­port loca­tions across key urban and region­al cor­ri­dors.

These new ver­ti­ports and their facil­i­ties, in com­bi­na­tion with exist­ing air­ports and oth­er avi­a­tion infra­struc­ture, will serve as the back­bone of the net­work, enabling seam­less pas­sen­ger flow, high‑tempo air­craft oper­a­tions, and inte­grat­ed mul­ti­modal trans­port con­nec­tions.

Aaron Shaw, Man­ag­ing Direc­tor at Alt Air, said: “Our work with Eve Air Mobil­i­ty and Sky­ports under­scores our shared com­mit­ment to build­ing mean­ing­ful avi­a­tion inno­va­tion in Aus­tralia. Togeth­er, we are design­ing an eVTOL net­work that will sig­nif­i­cant­ly improve con­nec­tiv­i­ty and set a bench­mark for advanced air mobil­i­ty world­wide,” said Aaron Shaw, man­ag­ing direc­tor at Alt Air.

Eve, Alt Air and Sky­ports will assess pri­or­i­ty routes link­ing major pop­u­la­tion cen­ters, com­mer­cial dis­tricts, and tourism hubs across Syd­ney, South East Queens­land, and sur­round­ing regions. Ear­ly con­cepts include high-demand cor­ri­dors such as West­ern Syd­ney Inter­na­tion­al Air­port to down­town Syd­ney.

As Queens­land pre­pares to wel­come the world for the 2032 Bris­bane Games, the col­lab­o­ra­tion aims to enable eVTOL ser­vices that pro­vide an effi­cient, sus­tain­able, and future-for­ward mobil­i­ty option for vis­i­tors and res­i­dents alike.

Yun-Yuan Tay, Head of Asia-Pacif­ic at Sky­ports Infra­struc­ture, said: “We see Aus­tralia as a key future mar­ket for AAM and have enjoyed strong stake­hold­er engage­ment and enthu­si­asm across the coun­try. We’re excit­ed to apply our real-world ver­ti­port expe­ri­ence and enable the next era of flight in Aus­tralia.

“South East Queens­land is one of the most attrac­tive mar­kets for AAM to launch in Aus­tralia and the Bris­bane 2032 Games will be a strong cat­a­lyst to enable a safe, effi­cient and lega­cy net­work that will extend well beyond the Games.”

By estab­lish­ing a con­nect­ed ver­ti­port net­work and ful­ly oper­a­tional routes ahead of the Games, Eve, Alt Air, and Sky­ports intend to show­case Australia’s lead­er­ship in advanced air mobil­i­ty.

These ser­vices are expect­ed to enhance con­nec­tiv­i­ty between key sum­mer games venues, cen­tral busi­ness dis­tricts, and major air­ports, includ­ing Bris­bane, Gold Coast, and Sun­shine Coast Air­ports.