eVTOL aircraft Archives - eVTOL Insights

Vertical Flight Society continues to record growth and now exceeds 160 members, a 19 per cent increase

Jason Pritchard17 January 2022

The Vertical Flight Society has said that the explosive growth of the world’s eVTOL aircraft market, plus significant developments in military and civil rotorcraft, have continued to expand its membership. As of January 1st, a total o...

Skyportz to work with Secure Parking in Australia and help deliver up to 400 potential landing sites for eVTOL aircraft

Jason Pritchard14 January 2022

Air taxi infrastructure startup Skyportz has announced a partnership with Secure Parking, which could deliver up to 400 landing sites for eVTOL aircraft in Australia. With changes in the way people now work, Skyportz is exploring the future of ci...

Savback Helicopters to distribute Dufour Aerospace’s Aero3 eVTOL aircraft across Scandinavia

Jason Pritchard12 January 2022

Dufour Aerospace has confirmed Savback Helicopters as a distributor for its eight-seater tilt-wing eVTOL aircraft, Aero3, across Scandinavia. Savback Helicopters will promote Aero3 in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The company is ...

eVTOL Insights’ second Power Book recognises more of our industry’s thought leaders, influencers and innovators

Jason Pritchard11 January 2022

eVTOL Insights is pleased to reveal its 2022 Power Book - the definitive list of some of the industry's thought leaders, influencers and innovators from the last 12 months. Similar to last year's inaugural version, this year's edition features 24...

SkyDrive’s SD-03 flying car put on display outside of Japan for first time at CES 2022

Jason Pritchard7 January 2022

SkyDrive has unveiled its SD-03 compact flying vehicle at CES 2022, which is the first time the company has displayed the full-scale model outside of Japan. The Tokyo-based startup's flying car was first displayed to the public at The Flying Car...

Joby Aviation adds second pre-production prototype eVTOL aircraft to help accelerate flight testing in 2022

Jason Pritchard6 January 2022

Joby Aviation has confirmed it received FAA Special Airworthiness Certification and US Air Force Airworthiness Approval for a second pre-production prototype aircraft last month, as expected. The first pre-production prototype generated 65 teraby...

Rolls-Royce Electrical and Airborne to present at eVTOL Insights’ first Final Friday event of 2022 – registration now open

Jason Pritchard5 January 2022

eVTOL Insights has announced its first Final Friday 'virtual networking' event of 2022, which will take place on January 28th and feature industry presentations from Rolls-Royce Electrical and Airborne, a technology leader in advanced composites. ...

Rolls-Royce shares ‘invaluable’ learnings as the CityAirbus’ eVTOL flight test programme comes to an end

Jason Pritchard24 December 2021

Rolls-Royce has confirmed the CityAirbus eVTOL aircraft it worked on with Airbus has successfully completed its flight-testing programme. Publishing an update last week, the company said the important collaboration, in which a Rolls-Royce all-ele...

EHang confirms first order for its VT-30 eVTOL aircraft and announces further demo flights in Japan

Jason Pritchard23 December 2021

EHang has secured the first order for its long-range passenger grade VT-30 eVTOL aircraft and will work with local partners to further explore use cases with its EH216 and VT-30 and develop urban air mobility networks in Japan. With the cooperati...

Overair to partner with Bristow Group on the development of its Butterfly eVTOL, includes pre-order for up to 50 aircraft

Jason Pritchard22 December 2021

Overair has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Bristow Group, which includes an pre-order for 20 to 50 of Overair's Butterfly eVTOL aircraft. Both companies will now work together to develop an operations development framework focusing o...

Embraer’s Eve to list on NYSE through business combination with Zanite Acquisition Corp, deal valued at $2.4 billion

Jason Pritchard21 December 2021

Eve Air Mobility has entered into a definitive business combination agreement with Zanite Acquisition Corp, which will see the new company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbols 'EVEX' and 'EVEXW'. The deal, which is expe...

Archer’s eVTOL demonstrator aircraft Maker completes first hover flight as it prepares for extensive test campaign in 2022

Jason Pritchard21 December 2021

Archer's eVTOL demonstrator aircraft, Maker, has completed its first successful hover flight. The milestone also marked the completion of the company's first full and complete systems test and validation of every hardware and software component work...

Karim Jalbout joins Lilium’s Senior Leadership Team as its new Chief People Officer

Jason Pritchard20 December 2021

Lilium has announced the appointment of Karim Jalbout to its Senior Leadership Team as Chief People Officer, who will begin his new role next month. At Lilium, Jalbout will increase the German startup's focus on personal and leadership developmen...

Vertical Aerospace lists on the NYSE after completing business merger with Broadstone Acquisition Corp

Jason Pritchard16 December 2021

Vertical Aerospace has announced the closing of its business combination with Broadstone Acquisition Corp and will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticket EVTL. The company made its intention to go public with Broadstone in ...

Vertical Aerospace reveals its full-scale eVTOL aircraft prototype, the VA4

Jason Pritchard10 December 2021

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Volocopter releases handbook guide for building physical infrastructure for eVTOL aircraft operations

Jason Pritchard9 December 2021

Volocopter has unveiled a comprehensive VoloPort handbook for the physical infrastructure supporting eVTOL) aircraft operations. This detailed handbook is described as a valuable resource for Volocopter partners building urban air mobility infra...

Alauda Aeronautics to set up first eVTOL flying racing car factory in Australia ahead of upcoming Airspeeder racing series

Jason Pritchard8 December 2021

Alauda Aeronautics is set to establish the world’s first eVTOL flying racing car factory in Australia, which will be the first of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere and produce the vehicles taking part in the company’s forthcoming Airspeeder racing...

Blade secures rights to Helijet’s passenger routes and plans to introduce eVTOL aircraft across Canada and US Pacific Northwest

Jason Pritchard7 December 2021

Blade Air Mobility has acquired exclusive rights to offer scheduled helicopter flights operated by Helijet in Canada and across the US Pacific Northwest region, with plans to incorporate eVTOL aircraft on routes. The company will also utilise pas...

AutoFlight secures $100 million in funding from Team Global to develop its cargo aircraft into passenger-carrying services

Jason Pritchard6 December 2021

AutoFlight has received a $100 million investment from European technology investor Lukasz Gadowski (Team Global), who also becomes a partner at the Chinese startup. Gadowski's company has stakes in around a dozen startups in the aviation sector...

Archer receives Special Airworthiness Certificate from the FAA for its Maker eVTOL Aircraft, first hover test planned this year

Jason Pritchard3 December 2021

Archer has received a Special Airworthiness Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which covers its Maker eVTOL demonstrator aircraft. It means the company is still on track to conduct its first hover flight test later this year...

EHang conducts first flight demo in Indonesia to showcase aerial sightseeing capabilities of its 216 eVTOL aircraft

Jason Pritchard30 November 2021

EHang's 216 eVTOL aircraft has completed a five-minute flight demonstration for aerial sightseeing at the Villa Blackstone Beach in Bali, Indonesia. The demonstration flight - which is the first conducted by EHang in the country - was done in co...

South Korea consortium set up to establish eVTOL air taxi services in Incheon, which includes new pilot training programme

Jason Pritchard29 November 2021

A consortium featuring Mobius.Energy, MintAir, Skyworks Aeronautics, Lotte Rental and Lotte Corporation has been established to help launch eVTOL aircraft services in the city of Incheon, South Korea. The companies involved intend to establish a...

Skyports to develop Europe’s first test vertiport in France, ahead of potential launch at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Jason Pritchard26 November 2021

Skyports is developing Europe’s first test vertiport in France, which represents a significant step towards launching commercial advanced air mobility services in time for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The programme is part of the Re.Invent ...

Archer bolsters Flight Control and Software team as it prepares for first test flight later this year

Jason Pritchard26 November 2021

Archer has put together its Flight Control and Software team as the company ramps up to its first flight later this year. It will be led by Serigo Ferreira, who brings two decades of experience developing, integrating, validating, verifying and c...