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Get your free ticket for this year’s DroneX Trade Show & Conference, taking place at London’s ExCeL

Jason Pritchard26 July 2022

The UK’s leading business event for the UAV industry, DroneX Trade Show & Conference, is less than 50 days away. Returning to ExCeL, London from September 7th to 8th, join us and indulge yourself in the latest cutting-edge technology and con...

New project to examine legal implications of increased autonomy in aviation, including eVTOL aircraft

Jason Pritchard22 July 2022

The Law Commission will launch a new project to review the law around autonomous flight, in order to support the safe development of rapidly advancing technology. The two-year review is sponsored by the Future Flight Challenge at UK Research &...

Vertical Aerospace: New Board Director, CAE partners on VA pilot training

Chris Stonor21 July 2022

There is a plethora of Urban Air Mobility-related news flowing from the pantheon trade stands of Farnborough this week and Vertical Aerospace is no exception. To support the company’s highly impressive full-size VX4 Aircraft on display, their news s...

Watch Videos: U.S News Channel CNBC showing particular interest in eVTOL Industry at Farnborough Airshow

Chris Stonor20 July 2022

CNBC, the cable business news channel that primarily carries business day coverage of the U.S. as well as international financial markets, is very active filming this week’s Farnborough Airshow and is taking a particular interest at the eVTOL Indust...

New UK project to test and develop world’s first end-to-end ecosystem for Advanced Air Mobility

Jason Pritchard19 July 2022

A first-of-its-kind consortium featuring Vertical Aerospace, Virgin Atlantic, Atkins, Skyports and NATS, has been set up to significantly accelerate the introduction of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) in the UK. The ecosystem - which also includes Co...

Supernal unveils the interior cabin of its eVTOL aircraft for first time at Farnborough Air Show

Jason Pritchard19 July 2022

Supernal has revealed the interior cabin concept of its eVTOL aircraft for the first time at this week's Farnborough International Airshow, giving attendees the opportunity to see how Hyundai Motor Group will integrate automotive capabilities to dev...

Vertical Aerospace: Pre-Delivery Payment Commitment From American Airlines

eVTOL Insights Editorial18 July 2022

Vertical Aerospace confirmed this week, it has delivery slots and associated pre-delivery payment commitments from American Airlines (AA), reports a press release. AA has reserved delivery slots for the first 50 VX4 aircraft of its initial condit...

EXECUTIVE PROFILE: Duncan Walker, Chief Executive Officer at Skyports

Jason Pritchard1 July 2022

The next instalment of our Executive Profiles is now live! This time, we put the questions to Duncan Walker, Chief Executive Officer at Skyports. We started these interviews as an informal way to get to know the industry's thought leaders, innova...

Download FREE 33-Page Report: “Electric Urban Aviation and its benefits to the UK Community”

eVTOL Insights Editorial30 June 2022

An Eve Urban Air Mobility-led consortium of global leading aviation organisations has published an important 33-page report that is free to download, entitled: “The Launch of Electric Urban Aviation: delivering environmental, economic and mobility b...

ROLLS-ROYCE ADVANCES HYBRID-ELECTRIC FLIGHT WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY

eVTOL Insights Editorial22 June 2022

Rolls-Royce is to develop turbogenerator technology which includes a new small engine designed for hybrid-electric applications. The system will be an on-board power source with scalable power and will complement the Rolls-Royce Electrical propul...

Save the Date! eVTOL Insights announces 2023 dates for its London conference

Jason Pritchard17 June 2022

eVTOL Insights is super excited to reveal the dates for its 2023 London conference, which will be held once again at the Leonardo Royal Hotel in Tower Bridge. Following the inaugural success of our first event in April - which attracted nearly 90...

EXECUTIVE PROFILE: Ricky Sandhu, Founder of Urban-Air Port

Chris Stonor1 June 2022

Ricky Sandhu founded Urban-Air Port in 2019 and today is the company’s Executive Chairman. He has been in the news - a lot - recently after his Urban-Air Port (UAP) ‘Air One’ vertiport infrastructure was on display at Coventry for three weeks. In...

Urban-Air Port’s Ricky Sandhu Provides a Detailed Review of Air One’s Public Event (Part Two)

Chris Stonor31 May 2022

Sandhu continues to provide details about the great success of the 'Air One' vertiport infrastructure event in Coventry, opened to the public for free viewing between April 25th and May 14th. Ricky Sandhu __________________________________...

Urban-Air Port’s Ricky Sandhu provides a detailed review of Air One’s public event (Part One)

Chris Stonor27 May 2022

A unique event took place in Coventry City Centre between April 25th and May 14th. The public were invited to not only venture close to the future of air flight, but even interact with and touch it. Entry was free. The inspiration behind this fut...

Official video from eVTOL Insights’ first London Conference released

Jason Pritchard12 May 2022

Following its successful London conference last month, eVTOL Insights is delighted to release the official video from the event. Nearly 90 attendees - which included some of the industry's biggest companies - came together for a day of panel disc...

eVTOL Insights to moderate panel at MOVE 2022 on integrating Advanced Air Mobility into connected transport

eVTOL Insights Editorial10 May 2022

eVTOL Insights will be attending MOVE 2022 at London's ExCeL from June 15th - 16th, where Executive Editor Jason Pritchard will moderate a panel on how Advanced Air Mobility can be integrated into connected transport. MOVE is a specialised and f...

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...

Vertical Aerospace announces certification progress of its VX4 eVTOL aircraft and new regulatory director

Jason Pritchard21 April 2022

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has agreed to concurrently validate the UK CAA's certification of Vertical Aerospace's VX4 eVTOL aircraft. In this concurrent validation, the VX4 will be certificated by the UK CAA against their st...

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...

Eve Air Mobility completes ConOps for airspace integration of Urban Air Mobility in the UK

Jason Pritchard23 March 2022

Eve Air Mobility has completed the Concept of Operations (CONOPS) for airspace integration of Urban Air Mobility in the UK, which was a case study looking at transporting passengers between Heathrow Airport and London City Airport. Led by Eve, t...

eVTOL Insights Podcast: Alex Woodhead of Strativ Group talks about recruitment and how it’s helping to grow the industry workforce

Jason Pritchard21 March 2022

Our latest podcast episode is now live! This time, we were delighted to welcome Alex Woodhead, who is Director at Strativ Group. Alex is a co-owner of Strativ Group and his team have been responsible for growing the workforce of a number of the l...

Four weeks until eVTOL Insights’ first London conference — preliminary agenda now available and tickets on sale

Jason Pritchard21 March 2022

With just over four weeks to go until eVTOL Insights' first London conference, the preliminary agenda of the day's presentations, discussions and speakers has been released. Taking place on Wednesday, April 20th at the Leonardo Royal Hotel in Tow...

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...