Vertiports

Germany funds research to make Ingolstadt/Manching “the centre of European AAM industry”

The German Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing has agreed the funding of EUR 2.1 million for the “FlyingIN2Air” project researching vertiport operations in Ingolstadt/Manching. According to a press release: “To integrate AAM into the intermodal […]

Air taxis and personal transports

ZeroAvia signs agreement with Textron Aviation to develop hydrogen-electric powertrain for the Cessna Grand Caravan

ZeroAvia, a producer in zero-emission aviation, today announced it has entered into a non-exclusive Joint Development Agreement with Textron Aviation supporting ZeroAvia’s development of hydrogen-electric, zero-emission powertrains for the Cessna Grand Caravan (208B) aircraft. In […]

Business Partnerships

SkyDrive and Volatus create strategic alliance

SkyDrive, a manufacturer of eVTOLs in Japan and U.S. based Volatus Infrastructure, designers and producers of AAM infrastructure including vertiports and charging stations, have announced a strategic alliance to support each other’s business development and […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Lilium Phoenix 2 demonstrator “achieves full transition from hover to wing-borne flight”

According to a shareholder letter from Lilium CEO Klaus Roewe1 “Our technology demonstrator, Phoenix 2, has recently achieved another industry first for an electric jet aircraft, performing at ~100 kt full transition from hover to […]

Air taxis and personal transports

UMILES Next air taxi concept “completes successful test flights in Toulouse”

As part of the TindAIR programme (https://www.unmannedairspace.info/latest-news-and-information/european-tindair-research-consortium-shares-results-following-large-scale-demonstrations/), UMILES “Next’s Concept Integrity” air taxi, equipped with TECNALIA’s FlyFree technology, completed successful test flights in Toulouse, taking off from the Onera Test Field, according to the company. […]