PODCAST: Sora Aviation CEO Furqan Shares Vision for Affordable, High-Capacity eVTOL Travel

Our next pod­cast episode is live! This week, we speak with Furqan, CEO and co-founder of Sora Avi­a­tion, the UK-based start­up devel­op­ing the S1 – a 30-seat, bat­tery-elec­tric tiltro­tor air­craft aimed at mak­ing Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty (AAM) acces­si­ble to all.

With a back­ground in aero­space engi­neer­ing and expe­ri­ence lead­ing eVTOL pro­grams at GKN, Furqan and co-founder Mal­colm Fos­ter are tak­ing a con­trar­i­an approach in the eVTOL sec­tor: design­ing larg­er, high-capac­i­ty air­craft to dra­mat­i­cal­ly reduce cost per pas­sen­ger and open up air mobil­i­ty to the wider pub­lic, not just high-net-worth indi­vid­u­als.

Furqan out­lines the company’s mis­sion to trans­form advanced air mobil­i­ty with the S1 — a 30-seat, bat­tery-elec­tric tiltro­tor designed to low­er pas­sen­ger costs, reduce urban noise, and serve high-demand air­port shut­tle routes.

He dis­cuss­es the aircraft’s unique design fea­tures, ear­ly part­ner­ships in South Korea and the UK, plans for cer­ti­fi­ca­tion, and how larg­er-capac­i­ty eVTOLs can make sus­tain­able air trav­el acces­si­ble to every­one.

Click on the Play but­ton to lis­ten to the episode, which is also avail­able on whichev­er pod­cast plat­form you use.