Infrastructure - eVTOL Insights

PODCAST: Fethi Chebil discusses VPorts’ key milestones when it comes to eVTOL infrastructure

Jason Pritchard9 March 2023

Our next podcast episode is live! We were delighted to be joined by Fethi Chebil, CEO and founder of VPorts. Fethi talks about the role VPorts plays in Canada and across the world when it comes to deploying landing infrastructure for eVTOL aircr...

First fully automated AAM flight test site set up at Augsburg Airport by Skyroads AG

Jason Pritchard19 January 2023

Skyroads AG has initiated the first fully automated Advanced Air Mobility flight test site at Augsburg Airport in Germany, which will provide a large-scale real-life laboratory for further industrial and academic research and testing of AAM and asso...

INTERVIEW: Dr. Fethi Chebli of VPorts discusses the company’s vertiport vision for Quebec and beyond

Jason Pritchard23 November 2022

'A new era of aviation is emerging and a new generation of leaders is unfolding, with Quebec and Canada leadership is at stake' The level of energy and enthusiasm for Advanced Air Mobility's economic and social promises is too large for Montreal'...

Air-One, Urban-Air Port’s first UK hub for drones and eVTOL aircraft, opens in Coventry

Jason Pritchard25 April 2022

Urban-Air Port has opened today (Monday) what it claims to be the world’s first hub for flying taxis, Air-One, in Coventry, UK - representing a blueprint for more than 200 sites to be built worldwide over the next five years. The advanced air mob...

Urban-Air Port to accelerate drone delivery infrastructure in Sweden

Jason Pritchard22 April 2022

Urban-Air Port has partnered with the City of Skellefteå, Skellefteå Airport and Skanska in Sweden in order to integrate infrastructure for drone deliveries at Hammarängen. Northvolt, Europe’s largest electric battery production facility, i...

DIFCO partners with Hughes Aerospace and Five-Alpha to build USA’s first aero-medical eVTOL vertiport in Illinois

Jason Pritchard14 April 2022

DIFCO has begun construction of the first eVTOL aircraft vertiport facility at Rock Island, Illinois. Officially named The Corporal Jason G Pautsch Vertiport, the site is located centrally within the four Quad Cities metropolitan area and w...

Urban-Air Port partners with Dassault Systèmes for its global vertiport development, starting with ‘Air One’

Jason Pritchard7 April 2022

Urban-Air Port has selected Dassault Systemes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform to support the development of its vertiport products globally, starting with the initial ‘Air One’ model in Coventry. The company will be able to create ‘virtual twins’ of infra...

Leeds Bradford Airport commits to developing unmanned and manned aircraft hub with Urban-Air Port

Jason Pritchard31 March 2022

Urban-Air Port (UAP) will collaborate with Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) to develop an off-grid, hydrogen-powered infrastructure hub, as well as capacity for eVTOL aircraft storage and charging. The main role of the site will be to provide a spac...

Urban-Air Port teams up with major brand partnerships to deliver ‘world-class’ experience at its Air One hub for eVTOLs and delivery drones

Jason Pritchard11 March 2022

Urban-Air Port has announced multiple new partnerships with retail and food and beverage brands as it aims to deliver a 'world-class' customer experience at the world’s first hub for flying taxis and delivery drones, which is due to open in Coventry...

Hop to it — Vertiports as an asset class (A Reed Smith blog by Ashleigh Standen)

Jason Pritchard1 March 2022

By Ashleigh Standen, Reed Smith's Transportation Industry Group. The sums invested in the development of eVTOL aircraft have been well publicised. It seems that not a week goes by without a new partnership announcement, a new SPAC comb...

Skyportz launches first eVTOL air taxi hub in Australia, to transport those attending 2032 Olympic Games in Brisbane

Jason Pritchard15 October 2021

Skyportz has revealed the first of its infrastructure for eVTOL air taxis in Australia will be built at the country's Advanced Manufacturing Centre of Excellence (AAMCE) in Moreton Bay, Brisbane within the next two years. Speaking at this week's...

Urban-Air Port and Hyundai’s UAM Division to develop 65 infrastructure hubs for drones and eVTOL aircraft

Jason Pritchard16 September 2021

Urban-Air Port has announced plans with the Urban Air Mobility Division of Hyundai Motor Group to develop 65 electric urban-air ports worldwide to meet the growing demand for autonomous airborne drones and eVTOL aircraft. The partnership aims to ...

Altitude Angel to work with iOCO to build foundations for South Africa’s urban air mobility infrastructure

Jason Pritchard15 July 2021

Altitude Angel and iOCO, South Africa’s largest ICT solutions supplier, have agreed to form an alliance to provide the building blocks on which the country’s urban air mobility infrastructure can be built and supported. Capitalising on the two bu...

Q&A: Ricky Sandhu of Urban-Air Port expands on its infrastructure project and exciting plans for later this year

Jason Pritchard27 May 2021

Following the recent announcement by Urban-Air Port about its new infrastructure programme, with partners Altitude Angel and Safeguard Vertiports, we spoke to company founder and CEO Ricky Sandhu about the industry reaction to the news. He also ...

Five-Alpha to bring infrastructure design expertise to Varon Vehicles’ urban air mobility ecosystem in Latin America

Jason Pritchard27 April 2021

Five-Alpha - the global consultancy specialising in vertical flight infrastructure design - has become the latest company to partner with Varon Vehicles and support the development of its Infrastructure Networks in Latin America. Varon Vehicles ...

urban-Air Port’s Chief Technology Officer talks about its innovative ground infrastructure in this week’s podcast

Jason Pritchard11 March 2021

The next episode in our series of podcasts about the eVTOL aircraft and urban air mobility markets is now live, and this week we were joined by Alan Jones, Chief Technology Officer at urban-Air Port. The company provide innovative ground infrastr...

AECOM and Ferrovial to design vertiport infrastructure for eVTOL aircraft in Florida

Jason Pritchard22 February 2021

AECOM, one of the world’s leading infrastructure consulting firms, will work with Ferrovial to design a network of vertiports in the USA, which will connect strategic locations in some of Florida's major cities. Ferrovial is partnering with Germa...

Ferrovial announces new project to develop 20-strong network of sustainable vertiports in Spain

Jason Pritchard9 February 2021

Ferrovial Airports, the airport infrastructure management company, has launched a project to develop a network of more than 20 interconnected and 100 per cent sustainable vertiports in Spain. The company - which has a 25 per cent stake in Londo...

Urban-Air Port® chosen as a winner of the Future Flight Challenge; to launch ‘pop up’ eVTOL aircraft hub in Coventry this year

Jason Pritchard28 January 2021

Urban-Air Port® Air-One® has been selected as a winner of the UK Government’s Future Flight Challenge to develop aviation infrastructure and systems. The company has received a £1.2 million grant and plans to launch Air-One® - the world-first, fully...

Darrell Swanson and Julian Carlson give their views on eVTOL infrastructure after joint collaboration

Jason Pritchard1 October 2020

This week's podcast episode focuses on a key topic in the industry - landing infrastructure. Our guest speakers were Darrell Swanson of Swanson Aviation Consultancy and Julian Carlson, Director of Pascall+Watson, an award-winning international desig...

Two-day Vertical Flight Society workshop to focus on eVTOL infrastructure

Jason Pritchard24 August 2020

The Vertical Flight Society (VFS) is hosting its third workshop on eVTOL infrastructure for Urban Air Mobility (UAM), with the two-day virtual event taking place from 1st - 2nd September. It aims to address the identified challenges and plot out...

Urban-Air Port and Hyundai Air Mobility to work on new UAM infrastructure and invest in full-scale prototype

Jason Pritchard30 July 2020

Urban-Air Port Ltd has announced a partnership with Hyundai Air Mobility to explore and develop purpose-built, multi-functional and scalable infrastructure for the Urban Air Mobility market. Both companies also plan to invest in the development o...