Urban Air Mobility Archives

The Vertical Flight Society welcomed 36 new members in 2020 as its industry influence continues to grow

Jason Pritchard22 January 2021

The Vertical Flight Society (VFS) continues to gather momentum in the growing 'eVTOL aircraft revolution', with 36 companies joining as members in 2020 - a net growth of 15 per cent from the previous year. Although individual memberships fell&nb...

Q&A: Sergio Cecutta of SMG Consulting offers more insight into release of its AAM Reality Index

Jason Pritchard22 January 2021

At the end of last year, SMG Consulting released its Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Reality Index, a rating tool that describes the likelihood of an eVTOL aircraft OEM to certify its aircraft, enter service and produce it in thousand of units per year....

EHang to perform flight tests in Europe next year after joining urban air mobility initiative

Jason Pritchard21 January 2021

EHang has joined the Air Mobility Urban - Large Experimental Demonstration (“AMU-LED”) project and will conduct flight tests using its eVTOL aircraft in the Netherlands, Spain and the UK throughout next year. The AMU-LED is one of the largest Eur...

Chuck Clauser of PS&S talks about the key details of vertiports in latest podcast

Jason Pritchard21 January 2021

In this week's podcast episode, we were delighted to welcome Chuck Clauser, Senior Director of Architecture at PS&S Architecture and Engineering and a registered architect with 47 years’ experience, as a guest. He currently serves as Lead for...

Eve-led consortium joins UK Civil Aviation Authority to develop concept of operations for urban air mobility

Jason Pritchard21 January 2021

A consortium of urban air mobility and aviation companies led by Eve, the first company to graduate from EmbraerX, is to work with the UK Civil Aviation Authority on a concept of operations for integrating air taxis and eVTOL aircraft into the UK's ...

Urban Air Mobility ‘must incorporate the needs of disabled citizens’, according to new white paper

Jason Pritchard20 January 2021

A new white paper published by CIVATAglobal and UK disabled flying charity Aerobility has said regulators, local authorities and industry groups must incorporate the views and priorities of disabled groups in the early planning phase if the potentia...

More eVTOL aircraft developers chosen to join Volocopter and begin flight testing in France as part of urban air mobility project

Jason Pritchard18 January 2021

Airbus, EHang, Pipistrel Aircraft and Vertical Aerospace will join Volocopter in conducting eVTOL aircraft flight testing in France, after being selected as winners of a worldwide call to set up an Urban Air Mobility industry branch in the country. ...

Q&A: Walle Mobility and Jaunt Air Mobility to develop first urban air mobility routes in Italy as part of new partnership

Jason Pritchard15 January 2021

Following the announcement that Walle Mobility and Jaunt Air Mobility are to team up and work together on developing the first urban air mobility services in Italy, we spoke to Marco Pugliese, Chief Operating Officer at Walle Mobility, and Simon Bri...

Blade Urban Air Mobility partners with Ross Aviation and plans to build vertiport in New York State

Jason Pritchard13 January 2021

Blade Urban Air Mobility and Ross Aviation are teaming up to accelerate the roll out of urban air mobility services in regions where operations from both companies overlap - and intend to build a vertiport for eVTOL aircraft in Westchester County, N...

eVTOL Insights’ first annual Power Book recognises leaders and influencers in the eVTOL aircraft industry

Jason Pritchard11 January 2021

eVTOL Insights, one of the leading news sources in the eVTOL aircraft and urban air mobility markets, has today (Monday) released its first annual Power Book - a definitive list of the influencers, innovators and leaders from the last 12 months. ...

Head of Hyundai’s Urban Air Mobility Division appointed to FAA’s Drone Advisory Committee

Jason Pritchard7 January 2021

Dr Jaiwon Shin, Vice President and Head of Hyundai's Urban Air Mobility Division, has been appointed to the FAA's Drone Advisory Committee - which will help create a strategy for the safe integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into the USA's...

Levitate Capital releases white paper and summarises future of eVTOL aircraft and drone economy markets

Jason Pritchard23 December 2020

Venture capital firm Levitate Capital has released a white paper focusing on the future of the drone economy and advanced aerial mobility, and predicts full-scale eVTOL aircraft operations won't start until at least 2028. Released on Monday, the ...