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Middle East: LuftCar Establishes Dubai Presence as Company Confirms its Commitment to Region

Luft­Car has opened a new region­al office in Dubai, Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates, as it becomes one of the lat­est com­pa­nies to sig­nal its com­mit­ment to the Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty (AAM) ecosys­tem across the Mid­dle East and North Africa.

With head­quar­ters in Flori­da and a grow­ing inter­na­tion­al pres­ence, Luft­Car says it brings a suite of proven capa­bil­i­ties in hydro­gen-elec­tric VTOL vehi­cle devel­op­ment, ver­ti­port infra­struc­ture plan­ning and AI-pow­ered air­space opti­miza­tion tools to the region.

In a press release issued over the week­end, LuftCar’s Dubai office will deliv­er turnkey solu­tions for Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty, includ­ing:

  • Strate­gic plan­ning and AAM readi­ness con­sult­ing
  • Ver­ti­port plan­ning, design and con­struc­tion
  • Deploy­ment of Luft­PAATH, a pro­pri­etary AI soft­ware plat­form for ver­ti­port sit­ing, cor­ri­dor mod­el­ing, and mis­sion deploy­ment
  • Hydro­gen infra­struc­ture inte­gra­tion and zero-emis­sion oper­a­tions sup­port

LuftCar’s expan­sion builds on its suc­cess­ful track record in the UAE, includ­ing its strate­gic part­ner­ship with Micromap, one of the region’s lead­ing geospa­tial and smart infra­struc­ture firms.

Both par­ties deliv­ered the Dubai Hori­zon II Air Mobil­i­ty project for Dubai Munic­i­pal­i­ty, show­cas­ing advanced GIS-based ver­ti­port plan­ning, obsta­cle map­ping, and air­space mod­el­ing for urban inte­gra­tion of Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty.

Santh Sathya, CEO and Inven­tor of Luft­Car, said: “We are excit­ed to work along­side UAE stake­hold­ers to co-devel­op scal­able ver­ti­port infra­struc­ture and lay the foun­da­tion for the future of mobil­i­ty.

As part of its long-term vision, Luft­Car aims to man­u­fac­ture its patent­ed mod­u­lar air-and-road eVTOL vehi­cles in the UAE to serve the broad­er Mid­dle East mar­ket.

The com­pa­ny also plans to estab­lish green hydro­gen mobil­i­ty cor­ri­dors, sup­port­ed by inte­grat­ed Luft­Pads (ver­ti­ports with hydro­gen refu­el­ing capa­bil­i­ty), con­tribut­ing to UAE’s Net Zero 2050, Make it in the Emi­rates, and Dubai 2040 Urban Mas­ter Plan goals.

LuftCar’s grow­ing glob­al momen­tum includes:

  • Scaled autonomous pro­to­type devel­op­ment com­plet­ed
  • Pur­chase order for 19 vehi­cles
  • Col­lab­o­ra­tion with the sev­er­al state run Depart­ment of Trans­porta­tion enti­ties for ver­ti­port inte­gra­tion
  • ongo­ing ver­ti­port engage­ments in the US
  • LOI for air ambu­lance use
  • MOUs with four glob­al air­ports, with expand­ing inter­est from air­port and defense sec­tors
  • Expres­sion of inter­est from air car­go com­pa­nies
  • Mul­ti­ple awards for inno­va­tion in clean­tech, defense, and mobil­i­ty

Luft­Car is active­ly engag­ing with real estate devel­op­ers, air­port oper­a­tors, and gov­ern­ment enti­ties across the UAE to co-devel­op ver­ti­port infra­struc­ture in mixed-use, logis­tics, and inno­va­tion zones.

For more infor­ma­tion, please vis­it www.luftcar.com

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Jason Pritchard

Jason Pritchard is the Editor of eVTOL Insights. He holds a BA from Leicester's De Montfort University and has worked in Journalism and Public Relations for more than a decade. Outside of work, Jason enjoys playing and watching football and golf. He also has a keen interest in Ancient Egypt.

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