DUBAI AIRSHOW 2025: Clem Newton-Brown of Skyportz Introduces Its Aeroberm Vertipad Concept

In this live video inter­view filmed at the 2025 Dubai Air­show, eVTOL Insights’ Exec­u­tive Edi­tor Jason Pritchard sits down with Clem New­ton-Brown, CEO of Sky­portz.

Dur­ing the con­ver­sa­tion, Clem gives view­ers Sky­portz’s one-sen­tence mis­sion and talks through the com­pa­ny’s strate­gic pri­or­i­ties over the next 12–24 months.

He shares more details about the cur­rent roadmap mile­stones and Sky­portz’s main focus, from pas­sen­ger ver­ti­ports to last-mile drone deliv­ery hubs. This includes its Aer­oberm ver­ti­port con­cept, which was announced ear­li­er in the week.

Clem also goes into detail about how Sky­portz is sup­port­ing Aus­trali­a’s plans for Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty oper­a­tions and how the Mid­dle East region com­pares in terms of oppor­tu­ni­ty for ver­ti­ports and sup­port­ing ser­vices.

And final­ly, Clem talks about the reg­u­la­to­ry changes which are most crit­i­cal to enable com­mer­cial oper­a­tions and how Sky­portz is engag­ing local com­mu­ni­ties on con­cerns such as noise, safe­ty and visu­al impact.