UrbanV and Pax Aeroportos sign agreement to develop Brazil’s first urban vertiports in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro

UrbanV and Pax Aero­por­tos have signed an agree­ment to co-devel­op and inte­grate ver­ti­port infra­struc­ture at Cam­po de Marte in São Paulo and Jacarepaguá in Rio de Janeiro.

Build­ing on a col­lab­o­ra­tion already under­way in Brazil — start­ed with the estab­lish­ment of a reg­u­la­to­ry sand­box at Cam­po de Marte in coop­er­a­tion with ANAC (Brazil’s Nation­al Civ­il Avi­a­tion Agency) — the two com­pa­nies are adding anoth­er build­ing block to their shared roadmap to enable scal­able and inte­grat­ed Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty net­works in the coun­try.

Cam­po de Marte is expect­ed to serve as a cen­tral node with­in the São Paulo met­ro­pol­i­tan area, offer­ing hangar capac­i­ty and enabling con­nec­tions to high-demand loca­tions such as main inter­na­tion­al air­ports, Faria Lima, Alphav­ille, Camp­inas and San­tos.

Jacarepaguá is posi­tioned to play a sim­i­lar role in Rio de Janeiro, offer­ing a key access point for the west­ern part of the city enabling future con­nec­tions to Copaca­bana, Niterói and the city’s main air­ports, and lever­ag­ing its impor­tance with­in Brazil’s exec­u­tive and heli­copter avi­a­tion ecosys­tem.

Ivan Bas­sato, Chair­man of UrbanV, said: “This agree­ment strength­ens our pres­ence in one of the most strate­gic mar­kets for Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty. Togeth­er with Pax Aero­por­tos, we are build­ing the foun­da­tions for future air mobil­i­ty net­works in Brazil, start­ing from air­ports that already play a cen­tral role in urban avi­a­tion.”

The part­ner­ship brings togeth­er UrbanV’s inter­na­tion­al exper­tise in ver­ti­port net­work design and oper­a­tions with Pax Aero­por­tos’ strong oper­a­tional foot­print and long-term vision for urban avi­a­tion infra­struc­ture in Brazil, posi­tion­ing the two air­ports as future gate­way nodes for Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty.

The col­lab­o­ra­tion also reflects a shared ambi­tion to fur­ther devel­op urban air mobil­i­ty solu­tions in Brazil, lever­ag­ing exist­ing infra­struc­ture while open­ing the door to future expan­sion and addi­tion­al projects.

“Roge­rio Augus­to Pra­do, CEO of Pax, said: Oper­at­ing two of Brazil’s most strate­gic urban air­ports, we see Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty as a nat­ur­al evo­lu­tion of urban avi­a­tion.

“This part­ner­ship with UrbanV allows us to build on our strong pres­ence in Brazil while explor­ing new oppor­tu­ni­ties to inte­grate next-gen­er­a­tion air mobil­i­ty solu­tions into our air­ports and the cities they serve.

Illus­tra­tive net­work view. Loca­tions and routes shown for con­cep­tu­al pur­pos­es only.