Urban Air Mobility Archives

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...

Reed Smith publishes new report which assesses the changing aviation industry and includes section on eVTOL aircraft

Jason Pritchard13 January 2022

Global law firm Reed Smith has released a report which analyses the changing aviation industry landscape following the COVID-19 pandemic and includes a report on the emerging eVTOL aircraft market. ‘Global air freight’s future – The sky is the ...

Eve Air Mobility and Falko team up to develop global network of eVTOL operators, includes potential order for 200 aircraft

Jason Pritchard13 January 2022

Eve Urban Air Mobility has announced a Letter of Intent agreement with Falko Regional Aircraft, which contemplates a potential order for 200 eVTOL aircraft and commercial partnership to develop a global network of eVTOL operators in support of urban...

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...

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. ...

EHang launches 5G Intelligent Air Mobility Experience Centre as AAV operation spot in Guangzhou

Jason Pritchard4 January 2022

EHang has partnered with Guangzhou Development District Communications Investment Group Co (GDDCI) to jointly launch a 5G Intelligent Air Mobility Experience Centre at the Innovation Park in the Chinese city. The new experience centre is especial...

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...

eVTOL Insights’ London Conference postponed, new event to be rescheduled for later next year

Jason Pritchard16 December 2021

As the Omicron variant continues to spread in the UK with confirmed cases on the increase, eVTOL Insights has made the difficult decision to postpone its London conference scheduled for January. Whilst this is disappointing, we hope you can under...

Commentary: Air taxis are too long a wait, but here’s how personal air mobility can take off now

Jason Pritchard13 December 2021

When considering all that will be needed in order to achieve commercialised air mobility with air taxis – designated places for takeoff and landing in densely populated urban environments, dedicated airways, certification of vehicles – it is clear t...

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...

Eve Air Mobility signs agreements with Nautilus Aviation and Sydney Seaplanes to launch eVTOL aircraft services in Australia

Jason Pritchard7 December 2021

Eve Air Mobility has made two key announcements to help accelerate the development of Australia's urban air mobility ecosystem. Firstly, the company has partnered with Nautilus Aviation, a division of Morris Group and Northern Australia’s largest...

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...

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