Urban Air Mobility Archives

Malaysia Airports, Skyports and Volocopter to conduct feasibility study on vertiport development in Malaysia

Jason Pritchard22 July 2021

Volocopter and Skyports are combining their expertise with Malaysia Airports to conduct a feasibility study which will examine suitable vertiport solutions and consider factors such as customer flow, demand and how urban air mobility operations will...

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...

eVTOL Insights Podcast: Brett Feddersen of AcceleratUM talks about its role to help industry and governments work together to make AAM a reality.

Jason Pritchard8 July 2021

Our next podcast episode is live and it was great speaking with Brett Feddersen, who is President of AcceleratUM - the advanced air mobility collaborative and consultancy. Brett talks to us about the background behind setting up AcceleratUM and w...

Community Air Mobility Initiative continues to expand and is now accepting applications for next UAPC cohort

Jason Pritchard8 July 2021

The Community Air Mobility Initiative (CAMI) has concluded its second Urban Air Policy Collaborative (UAPC) Cohort and announced the date of its next one which will take place later this year. Topics covered in the second UAPC in June included th...

Eve Air Mobility to utilise Beacon’s platform and bring eVTOL aircraft maintenance services to its growing ecosystem

Jason Pritchard5 July 2021

Beacon - EmbraerX's maintenance and coordination platform - is set to be included in Eve Air Mobility's portfolio of services and support solutions for the eVTOL market, which uses technology to enable better collaboration and increase the uptime on...

eVTOL Insights Podcast: Sergio Cecutta of SMG Consulting provides market update and more insight on its AAM Reality Index

Jason Pritchard1 July 2021

In this week's podcast episode, we were delighted to be joined by Sergio Cecutta, Partner at SMG Consulting. He tells us about the background behind setting up the company, which is an aerospace, defense and automotive management consulting firm....

Registration now open for eVTOL Insights’ next virtual networking event in July

Jason Pritchard30 June 2021

eVTOL Insights' next virtual networking event - held on the final Friday of the month - will take place on July 30th from 4pm to 5.30pm BST. Following last Friday's successful session, which featured presentations from SMG Consulting and Drone In...

Solvay partners with Novotech on its urban air mobility programmes, which includes future eVTOL aircraft

Jason Pritchard28 June 2021

Solvay will supply composites, adhesives and technical support to Novotech's urban air mobility programmes, which includes its Seagull water landing aircraft and future eVTOL aircraft projects. As part of the new partnership between both companie...

Blade Urban Air Mobility to use Eve’s eVTOL aircraft across its Southern Florida and West Coast markets from 2026

Jason Pritchard24 June 2021

Eve Air Mobility will provide Blade Air Mobility with 60,000 hours of flight time per year using its eVTOL aircraft across Southern Florida and the West Coast of the USA from 2026. Subject to certain conditions, Eve plans to deploy up to 60 aircr...

Hyundai Motor Group’s UAM Division and ANRA Technologies to develop new air traffic operating environment for advanced air mobility

Jason Pritchard24 June 2021

The Urban Air Mobility Division of Hyundai Motor Group has announced a new partnership with ANRA Technologies to begin developing the operating environment for the advanced air mobility industry. This is the first in a series of air traffic manag...

Volocopter’s 2X eVTOL flies at Paris Air Forum

Jason Pritchard23 June 2021

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Archer hires top engineering talent from Aerion Supersonic as it continues to work towards certification

Jason Pritchard23 June 2021

Archer has brought in more than 20 engineers from Aerion Supersonic as the company looks to bolster its workforce ahead of its aircraft design and certification roadmap. Aerion had planned to build a supersonic business jet capable of flying near...

Eve Air Mobility and Skyports to work on creating vehicle-vertiport operations in Asia and the Americas

Jason Pritchard22 June 2021

Eve Urban Air Mobility and Skyports have formed a partnership to develop urban air mobility (UAM) solutions in Asia and the Americas, with a focus on vehicle-vertiport operations. The agreement extends the relationship between the two organisatio...

Q&A: Sergio Cecutta goes through SMG Consulting’s AAM Reality Index and its biggest update to-date

Jason Pritchard22 June 2021

SMG Consulting has released the biggest update of its AAM Reality Index to-date, with the addition of two new eVTOL aircraft developers and an infographic showing the current funding received by OEMs. The rating tool describes the likelihood of a...

Volocopter’s 2X eVTOL air taxi flies at Paris Air Forum, VoloCity also on display at show

Jason Pritchard21 June 2021

Volocopter has conducted the first public flight demo of an eVTOL aircraft in France today (Monday), with its Volocopter 2x completing a three-minute flight at Le Bourget Airfield during the Paris Air Forum. The flight demonstration, which saw th...

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...

Lilium provides first look at the cabin of its seven-seater Lilium Jet eVTOL aircraft

Jason Pritchard18 June 2021

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One week left until eVTOL Insights’ next virtual networking event – there’s still chance to reserve your space

Jason Pritchard18 June 2021

With just one week until our next virtual networking event - held on the final Friday of every month - there's still time to reserve your space and connect with industry professionals from the eVTOL and urban air mobility markets across the world. ...

Former Airbus CEO Dr. Thomas Enders to serve as Lilium’s Chairman of the Board following business combination with Qell

Jason Pritchard16 June 2021

Lilium has announced advisory board member Dr. Thomas Enders will become Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lilium N.V., upon completion of Lilium’s business combination with Qell Acquisition Corp. The German startup plans to go public as part...

Eve Urban Air Mobility and Ascent to work on developing UAM ecosystem across Asia Pacific region

Jason Pritchard14 June 2021

Eve Urban Air Mobility has announced it is working with Ascent to accelerate the development of an urban air mobility ecosystem in the Asia Pacific region. The partnership will look to advance the entry of Eve's eVTOL aircraft into Ascent's growi...

Vertical Aerospace to merge with Broadstone Acquisition Corp, American Airlines and Avolon confirmed as first customers

Jason Pritchard11 June 2021

Vertical Aerospace has become the latest eVTOL aircraft developer to go public as it plans to merge with blank cheque company Broadstone Acquisition Corp. The deal, which values the combined company at a pro forma enterprise of approximately $1....

Archer’s eVTOL aircraft, Maker, makes its debut in company’s first public event

Jason Pritchard11 June 2021

Archer has publicly unveiled its eVTOL aircraft in an event hosted by co-founders Adam Goldstein and Brett Adcock in Los Angeles. The pair used the hour-long session on June 10th, which was held at Hawthorne Hanger Operations and also live stream...

Honeywell to supply avionics and flight control systems for Lilium’s seven-seater eVTOL and announced as investor

Jason Pritchard9 June 2021

Lilium has chosen Honeywell to develop the avionics and flight control systems for its seven-seater eVTOL aircraft, with Honeywell also announcing it is investing in the German startup. Honeywell’s Compact Fly-by-Wire System will act as the fligh...

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 ...