Walle Mobility launches new app to simulate booking VTOL flights across Italy

Walle Mobil­i­ty has launched a new appli­ca­tion so pas­sen­gers can sim­u­late the expe­ri­ence of using its ser­vice to book a VTOL air taxi flight to des­ti­na­tions across Italy.

The com­pa­ny’s goal is to specif­i­cal­ly tar­get interur­ban routes with­in 50km, link­ing strate­gic points across the coun­try. It plans to launch its first mobil­i­ty ser­vice with­in six years.

Those using the Walle Fly App can view a list of des­ti­na­tions sit­u­at­ed in the coun­try, which includes the island of Capri, Flo­rence, Genoa, Naples, Milan, Turin and Venice. Each loca­tion includes place of depar­ture, how often a VTOL flight will leave this loca­tion, esti­mat­ed flight time, and the cost of a tick­et.

Once the loca­tion is cho­sen, pas­sen­gers are then asked if they would like addi­tion­al ser­vices such as on-board drinks or cham­pagne, a place for your pet and a request to car­ry your lug­gage.

Domeni­co Gagliar­di, Founder of Walle Mobil­i­ty, said: “We have cre­at­ed the appli­ca­tion to sim­u­late the book­ing of a flight, but above all to bring peo­ple to this mar­ket. In fact, with­in the appli­ca­tion, there is also a sec­tion where you can read and learn about the world of VTOL.”

The com­pa­ny pub­lished a White Paper ear­li­er this year, and cre­at­ed a short sur­vey to help under­stand the issue of region­al trans­port. The two pilot routes it has stud­ied are from Milan’s Malpen­sa Air­port to the city cen­tre, which is a 45-minute jour­ney by car, and from Naples port to Capri island, which is near­ly two hours by car.

Mar­co Pugliese, Walle Mobil­i­ty’s Inter­na­tion­al Rela­tions Man­ag­er, was a recent guest on the eVTOLInsights.com pod­cast and spoke more about the com­pa­ny’s vision and its plans for the rest of the year and into 2021. The episode is due to be released next month.

Those want­i­ng to try the app out, can vis­it https://wallefly.glideapp.io/