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BETA Technologies completes first stage of its eIPP Multistate Collaborative flight test programme

Air taxis and personal transports
BETA Technologies and the Multistate Collaborative eIPP National Integration Complex have announced the completion of the first electric conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) aircraft flights conducted under the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal [...]
Fixed wing low/zero emissions

FAA “signs off certification basis for Electra Aviation’s EL9 hybrid-electric nine-seat aircraft”

Electra Aviation today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has closed the G-1 Issue Paper, “formally establishing the certification basis for Electra’s EL9 Ultra Short aircraft and advancing the company toward the next big […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Horizon Aircraft will use BETA Technologies fly-by-wire systems in the Cavorite X7 VTOL

Horizon Aircraft today announced that it has selected BETA Technologies to supply its advanced flight control computers on the Company’s full-scale hybrid-electric take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, the Cavorite X7. Horizon Aircraft will integrate BETA’s […]

Business partnerships

Air taxis and personal transports

Electra, UrbanV-Signature partner to develop regional mobility ecosystem

Electra and the UrbanV-Signature Aviation infrastructure platform, which combines UrbanV’s end-to-end vertiport development and operations capabilities with Signature Aviation’s global network of private aviation terminals, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Electric flight demonstrations completed in Florida

Signature Aviation, BETA Technologies, Republic Airways Holdings and Brickyard Connection have completed three days of electric flight demonstrations at Kissimmee Gateway Airport this month following a winter demonstration campaign in Burlington, Vermont and Plattsburgh, New […]

AAM/UAM route and programme news

SkyDrive and West Nippon Expressway form AAM partnership

SkyDrive Inc. ha signed a new partnership agreement with West Nippon Expressway Company (NEXCO West). Under the agreement, both parties will investigate the commercial feasibility of advanced air mobility eVTOL services based in expressway parking […]

Vertiports

UAM infrastructure

UAE’s GCAA has certified the Dubai VDX vertiport for eVTOL operations

The United Arab Emirates’ General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and Skyports Infrastructure (Skyports) have announced that VDX, the world’s first purpose-built commercial vertiport, has received regulatory certification for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Electra, UrbanV-Signature partner to develop regional mobility ecosystem

Electra and the UrbanV-Signature Aviation infrastructure platform, which combines UrbanV’s end-to-end vertiport development and operations capabilities with Signature Aviation’s global network of private aviation terminals, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). […]

AAM/UAM route and programme news

Salinas City, California, agrees Archer manufacturing facility – new four city flight test corridor announced

The City of Salinas, in its meeting of June 30, has approved a 10-year “Through-the-Fence” agreement for Archer Aviation to turning the form Coca-Cola 500,000sq ft facility into its new manufacturing and testing hub. Council […]

Government investment

FAA breaks ground on new AAM research facility

The United States Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have broken ground on a new facility at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City to support research, training and operational analysis for […]

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Events

Major new online AVL SIMpulse electric aviation event – “Simulation at the forefront of electric flight”

AVL SIMpulse: Electrified Aviation – New Energy, New Challenges, New Solutions Online event: July 2, 2026 Time: 04:00 PM CEST (UTC+2 timezone) Language: English Register here Electric flight is reshaping aviation right now. From eVTOL […]

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“There are now 284 cities/regions planning eVTOL services – USA is catching up with China”

The latest analysis of eVTOL-focused advanced air mobility (AAM) infrastructure programmes, the Worldwide AAM/UAM Routes and Programmes Guide from Unmanned Publications, has identified 284 eVTOL-based infrastructure development and route-planning programmes underway around the world by […]