Latin America

Vertical Aerospace continues to build on its growth with new senior appointments for Latin America and Asia-Pacific regions

Jason Pritchard4 February 2022

Vertical Aerospace has made two senior appointments, which Steffen Bay joining as Head of Market Development for Latin America (LATAM) and Derek Cheng becoming Head of Commercial, Asia-Pacific. The appointments build on the company’s continued g...

Jaunt Air Mobility’s eVTOL aircraft to be introduced to Latin American market after company signs LOI with Flapper

Jason Pritchard27 January 2022

Jaunt Air Mobility signed a Letter of Intent with on-demand aviation company, Flapper, with the company set to provide up to 25 of its Jaunt Journey eVTOL aircraft for use in Latin American markets. Both firms aim to help usher in a new era of tr...

SYNERJET Corp becomes latest company to invest in Wingcopter’s eVTOL drone technology as it targets the healthcare sector

Jason Pritchard16 December 2021

German drone delivery startup Wingcopter has secured investment from SYNERJET Corp, a leading business aviation specialist in Latin America with operations in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala and Panama. SYNERJET has made the inve...

Varon Vehicles and Flapz announce collaboration to boost urban air mobility access in Latin America

Jason Pritchard11 November 2021

Varon Vehicles and Flapz will work together to actively promoting access of passengers, guests and users to their Urban Air Mobility services throughout different markets. This partnership is focused on establishing the “15-minute city” concept ...

Avantto teams up with Eve Air Mobility in Brazil and Latin America, includes order for 100 eVTOL aircraft

Jason Pritchard7 October 2021

Eve Urban Air Mobility and Aviation Management Services – Serviços Aeronáuticos Ltda. ('Avantto') have announced a partnership aimed at developing an Urban Air Mobility ecosystem in Brazil and across Latin America, which includes an order for 1...

RTI and D3 Technologies become latest partners to join Varon Vehicles’ urban air mobility ecosystem in Latin America

Jason Pritchard2 September 2021

Varon Vehicles has added two more companies to its growing ecosystem in Latin America, announcing partnerships with D3 Technologies and Real-Time Innovations (RTI). D3 Technologies has become an Traffic Management System partner, while RTI's soft...

Eve Air Mobility and Flapper form new partnership to help develop urban air mobility services in Latin America

Jason Pritchard26 July 2021

Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions is working with on-demand private aviation firm Flapper to introduce urban air mobility services in Latin America, which has the potential to bring up to 25 of Eve's eVTOL aircraft onto Flapper's platform. The par...

GE Digital joins Varon Vehicles’ ecosystem to focus on solution for safe aviation operations in Latin America

Jason Pritchard21 June 2021

Varon Vehicles has teamed up with GE Digital to develop a solution for airspace efficiency, safety and predictive maintenance. This partnership builds on GE Digital's expertise in analytics software to facilitate better routing operations in Latin A...

Eve Air Mobility to develop UAM services in Brazil with Helisul Aviation, includes 50-strong order of eVTOL aircraft

Jason Pritchard7 June 2021

Eve Air Mobility has partnered with Helisul Aviation, one of the largest helicopter operators in Latin America, to help prepare Brazil for urban air mobility operations. It includes an initial order of 50 eVTOL aircraft, with deliveries expected to ...

Varon Vehicles brings ResilienX into its urban air mobility ecosystem for Latin America

Jason Pritchard1 June 2021

ResilienX has become the latest company to join Varon Vehicles' urban air mobility ecosystem in Latin America, and will integrate its off-nominal situation management capabilities into planned 'Infrastructure Networks' across the region. These ne...

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 ...

Flight Crowd and Varon Vehicles team up to focus on increasing public perception of eVTOL aircraft and urban air mobility

Jason Pritchard6 April 2021

Flight Crowd, the UK-based urban air mobility community, has teamed up with Varon Vehicles to help shape public perception and acceptance of the emerging eVTOL aircraft and urban air mobility markets. The goal is to help bring its expertise in ...

Airio to automate route generation in Varon Vehicles’ urban air mobility network in Latin America

Jason Pritchard11 March 2021

Varon Vehicles will integrate Airio's Intelligent Flightpath Navigation system into its planned infrastructure networks for Latin America, as part of a new partnership between the two companies. Its first network is planned in Colombia, which wil...

Varon Vehicles adds PS&S to growing list of companies helping to bring urban air mobility to Latin America

Jason Pritchard1 March 2021

Varon Vehicles has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with PS&S Architecture and Engineering, as it continues to build an impressive list of companies which will help develop an aerial mobility system in Latin America. The company - led by...

Q&A: Felipe Varon of Varon Vehicles gives update on company’s planned UAM roadmap for Latin America

Jason Pritchard18 February 2021

Varon Vehicles recently announced a joint collaboration with Jaunt Air Mobility - the eVTOL aircraft developer - to help accelerate the idea of urban air mobility in Latin America. And more recently, it announced a similar partnership with TruWea...

Jaunt Air Mobility and Varon Vehicles team up to bring urban air mobility to Latin America

Jason Pritchard29 January 2021

Jaunt Air Mobility and Varon Vehicles have announced a joint collaboration to help accelerate the introduction of urban air mobility in Latin America, which will set the building blocks for early eVTOL aircraft demonstrations in the region. eVTO...

Last week to submit your questions at Varon Vehicles’ Skyscraper 2020 virtual summit

Jason Pritchard8 December 2020

There is just one week left to submit questions to industry experts who have presented at Varon Vehicles' Skyscraper 2020, the virtual summit leading conversations about Urban Air Mobility in Latin America. Launched on November 20th, those visiti...

Varon Vehicles to launch first Skyscraper Virtual Summit and showcase work to implement Urban Air Mobility in Latin America

Jason Pritchard6 November 2020

Varon Vehicles will launch its first Skyscraper Virtual Summit this month, which will feature interviews, presentations and videos focusing on the implementation of Urban Air Mobility in Latin America. The company started engaging with various st...