UK - eVTOL Insights

eVTOL Insights’ London conference rescheduled for April 20th — tickets now on sale for £399

Jason Pritchard10 March 2022

eVTOL Insights is excited to announce a new date for its first industry conference in London, which had to be postponed in January due to travel restrictions because of the Omicron variant. The new event will be on Wednesday, April 20th ...

Flight Crowd to have presence at Fully Charged LIVE as it showcases Urban Air Mobility’s potential to thousands of attendees

Jason Pritchard10 March 2022

Flight Crowd will help showcase the exciting developments in the eVTOL aircraft and urban air mobility markets to the UK public next month, after announcing a partnership with Robert Llewelyn's Fully Charged LIVE - one of the world's biggest clean e...

New cross-sector working group set up to help inform policy for uncrewed aircraft systems, drones and eVTOL aircraft in UK airspace

Jason Pritchard28 February 2022

The UK's Future Flight Challenge has launched a new industry working group focused on the emerging generation of vehicle types - including eVTOL aircraft - and the challenges of integrating these vehicles into the country's airspace. Known as The...

GKN Aerospace-led Skybus Project completes initial feasibility studies for six rotor, 30-person eVTOL aircraft concept

Jason Pritchard23 February 2022

The Skybus collaboration project, which is exploring the potential for a six-rotor, 30-seater eVTOL aircraft concept, has completed successful feasibility studies. Skybus was launched under the Future Flight Challenge in January 2021 as a GKN Aer...

Bumper schedule planned for third Global Urban & Advanced Air Summit (GUAAS) at Farnborough from March 2nd to 3rd

Jason Pritchard22 February 2022

There's more than one week to go until the third Global Urban & Advanced Air Summit (GUAAS), which takes place at Farnborough's International Exhibition and Conference Centre in the UK from March 2nd to 3rd. The industry is starting to slowly...

Urban-Air Port starts construction of its Air One infrastructure hub ahead of April launch event in Coventry

Jason Pritchard15 February 2022

Urban-Air Port has officially begun the construction of Air One, its groundbreaking infrastructure for advanced air mobility ahead of hosting a launch event in Coventry on April 25th. Air One is the world's first fully-operational hub for eVTOL a...

HyPoint cuts ribbon to new state-of-the-art facility in the UK and plans to advance zero-emissions hydrogen aviation

Jason Pritchard14 February 2022

HyPoint has opened the doors to its new R&D and production facility in the UK, which aims at accelerating hydrogen innovation in the UK. The new flagship location at Discovery Park in Sandwich, Kent, was unveiled last Wednesday (February 9th...

Leonardo to work on the development of fuselage for Vertical Aerospace’s VX4 eVTOL aircraft

Jason Pritchard8 February 2022

Vertical Aerospace has agreed a joint development programme with Leonardo for the design, testing, manufacture and supply of the carbon composite fuselage for Vertical's VX4 eVTOL aircraft. Both companies will now work together on optimising lig...

Avolon CEO Dómhnal Slattery becomes Non-Executive Chairman of Vertical Aerospace’s board of Directors

Jason Pritchard28 January 2022

Vertical Aerospace has announced the appointment of aviation industry veteran Dómhnal Slattery as Non-Executive Chairman of Vertical’s board of directors. Dómhnal - who is currently founding CEO of Avolon, the world's second largest aircraft leas...

Skyports expands UK vertiport network with acquisition of London heliport located close to city’s Canary Wharf district

Jason Pritchard24 January 2022

Skyports has announced the acquisition of a heliport in east London, which is one of only two operational in the city and within minutes of the Canary Wharf business district. The deal forms part of Skyports’ acquisition strategy in securing, dev...

Urban-Air Port secures investment from Supernal in landmark partnership to support development of 200 vertiport sites

Jason Pritchard20 January 2022

British start-up Urban-Air Port Ltd (UAP) has secured investment from Supernal, previously the Urban Air Mobility Division of Hyundai Motor Group - the first time a major eVTOL company has invested in a ground infrastructure developer. The ...

Bellwether Industries releases first free flight footage of its half-scale Volar prototype

Jason Pritchard14 January 2022

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VIDEO: Bellwether Industries reveals first flight test footage of its half-scale Volar prototype

Jason Pritchard12 January 2022

Urban air mobility startup Bellwether Industries has released a video of a free-flight test of its half-scale eVTOL Volar model. The company came out of stealth mode last year and made its public debut at London's DroneX/Helitech in October and t...

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

Jason Pritchard10 December 2021

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Vertical Aerospace to develop network of 25 vertiports in UK with Ferrovial, for proposed launch of its services with Virgin Atlantic

Jason Pritchard29 October 2021

Vertical Aerospace has announced an agreement with global infrastructure operator Ferrovial, to cooperate on creating a network of 25 vertiports across the UK. Vertiports are dedicated sites that enable the take-off, landing and recharging of eVT...

Vertical Aerospace to work with Heathrow Airport on future of urban air mobility and providing easier access from across the UK

Jason Pritchard26 October 2021

Vertical Aerospace has announced a collaboration with Heathrow Airport to explore how its VA-X4 eVTOL aircraft could operate there by the middle of this decade. The agreement between Heathrow - the UK's largest and of the world's busiest ai...

Vertical Aerospace publishes new white paper to highlight opportunities for zero emission flights in the UK by 2025

Jason Pritchard20 October 2021

Vertical Aerospace and NATS - the UK's leading provider of air traffic control services - have released a white paper highlighting the economic and environmental benefits of Advanced Aerial Mobility and electric passenger flights. Entitled The F...

eVTOL Insights Podcast: Mark Cornborough of Vertical Aerospace discusses rotors and the critical mission of reduced noise

Jason Pritchard14 October 2021

The next episode in our podcast series is now live, and continues our deep dive into Vertical Aerospace and the technology behind its VA-X4 eVTOL aircraft. This week, we talk to Mark Cornborough who is Vertical's Head of Next Gen Rotor Design. He...

Only a few spaces left to register for AIRTAXI World Congress, more than 100 attendees confirmed for upcoming event

Jason Pritchard5 October 2021

With just seven days to go until the AIRTAXI World Congress, organisers have said there are only a few spaces left for those still wanting to attend. As travel restrictions begin to ease following the global COVID-19 pandemic, more than 100 indus...

YASA Spin-Off Evolito launched to provide ultra-high performance, low-weight electric motors for urban air mobility aircraft

Jason Pritchard28 September 2021

A new company has been launched in the UK to develop and manufacture electric motors and power electronics for aerospace applications, which includes eVTOL aircraft. Evolito was spun out earlier this year by YASA Motors, one of the world's leadi...

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