UrbanLink Air Mobility and Ferrovial Vertiports to explore Vertiport development in key USA Markets

Urban­Link Air Mobil­i­ty LLC has entered into a part­ner­ship with Fer­rovial Ver­ti­ports to explore the devel­op­ment of sites for ver­ti­ports in key U.S. mar­kets. The ver­ti­ports will serve as launch­pads for UrbanLink’s cut­ting edge Lil­i­um Jets and are essen­tial for urban air mobil­i­ty oper­a­tions.

Ver­ti­ports pro­vide the nec­es­sary hubs for elec­tric ver­ti­cal take-off and land­ing air­craft (eVTOLs), pro­vid­ing infra­struc­ture for take-off, land­ing and recharg­ing. Urban­Link and Fer­rovial Ver­ti­ports will col­lab­o­rate on the devel­op­ment of the facil­i­ties begin­ning with Ferrovial’s planned South Flori­da ver­ti­port net­work.  

As pre­ferred part­ners, Urban­Link and Fer­rovial Ver­ti­ports will work togeth­er on the place­ment, oper­a­tional plan­ning, and facil­i­ty design to ensure safe and secure ver­ti­ports opti­mized for eVTOL oper­a­tions and a seam­less pas­sen­ger expe­ri­ence.

Ed Wegel, Founder and Chair­man of Urban­Link, said: “We are com­mit­ted to part­ner­ing with indus­try lead­ers such as Fer­rovial Ver­ti­ports to build out the advanced air mobil­i­ty (AAM) frame­work, includ­ing well-designed, safe, and effi­cient ver­ti­ports in our tar­get areas of oper­a­tion.

“This part­ner­ship is a crit­i­cal step in accel­er­at­ing the deploy­ment of our Lil­i­um Jets and enhanc­ing con­nec­tiv­i­ty in the U.S., bring­ing us one step clos­er to mak­ing AAM a real­i­ty. We will con­tin­ue to lead this charge with our part­ners.”  

Urban­Link is poised to be the first air­line in the U.S. to inte­grate eVTOL air­craft into its fleet and will lead the entry into ser­vice and man­age­ment of AAM in South Flori­da and oth­er mar­kets.

In May, Urban­Link announced its part­ner­ship with Lil­i­um, devel­op­er of the first eVTOL jet, and a com­mit­ment to pur­chase 20 Lil­i­um Jets with sched­uled pre-deliv­ery pay­ments.

With entry into ser­vice expect­ed by Sum­mer 2026, Urban­Link is col­lab­o­rat­ing with part­ners Fer­rovial Ver­ti­ports, Lil­i­um, and oth­er AAM lead­ers to select ser­vice routes for its ini­tial eVTOL flights as well as site selec­tions for ver­ti­ports, fur­ther­ing the AAM ecosys­tem and con­tribut­ing to the industry’s over­all growth.

Cur­rent­ly, Urban­Link is focused on pro­vid­ing eVTOL flight oper­a­tions in South Flori­da, Los Ange­les, and South­ern Cal­i­for­nia, with plans for addi­tion­al des­ti­na­tions under­way. This ini­tia­tive will pave the way for a new era of urban air mobil­i­ty, offer­ing faster, green­er, and more effi­cient trans­porta­tion solu­tions, trans­form­ing how peo­ple move to, through, and between cities.

Kevin Cox, CEO of Fer­rovial Ver­ti­ports, said: “We see tremen­dous oppor­tu­ni­ty for advanced air mobil­i­ty. Con­nect­ing cities across South Flori­da will bring safe, effi­cient trans­porta­tion options to the region and improve mobil­i­ty.

“Our focus is on ensur­ing that an agnos­tic ver­ti­port net­work is in place for oper­a­tors like Urban­Link when eVTOLs gain cer­ti­fi­ca­tion.”

Fer­rovial Ver­ti­ports is work­ing with lead­ing eVTOL man­u­fac­tur­ers and air ser­vice oper­a­tors to devel­op agnos­tic ver­ti­ports net­works in the Unit­ed States.

Fea­tured image cour­tesy for Fer­rovial Ver­ti­ports.