AAM/UAM route and programme news

Aerofugia’s AE200 tilt-rotor eVTOL “makes first public demonstration flight”

Shanghai Metals Market (SMM) reports that Aerofugia, a subsidiary of electric car manufacturer Geely, “has successfully conducted a public demonstration flight of its AE200 electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. “This marked the conclusion […]

AAM/UAM route and programme news

Nanchong City, Sichuan, hosts first EH216 flight – plans Jialing River tourist route by year end

China’s NetEase news service reports that on June 18, EHang’s EH216-S completed its first flight demonstration at the Colorful Waterfront Wetland Park in Gaoping District, Nanchong City in northeastern Sichuan. According to Ke Yangtao, Party […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Dovetail selects Siemens Xcelerator to design zero emission retrofits for commercial aircraft

Dovetail Electric Aviation (Dovetail) has selected the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of software to design zero emission, battery and hydrogen-electric propulsion systems for commercial aircraft. The propulsion systems will be retrofitted into legacy airplanes used by […]

Air taxis and personal transports

EHang completes flight trials of European GNSS EGNOS airspace integration procedures

EHang has announced the completion of a series of flights by its EH216-S electric Vertical Take Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft supported by European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS), Europe’s Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS). The […]

AAM/UAM route and programme news

Archer announces route network of five San Francisco Bay locations – first services 2025

Archer Aviation today announced plans for an air mobility network that will connect five strategic locations across the San Francisco Bay Area –  South San Francisco, Napa, San Jose, Oakland, and Livermore. Archer’s network is […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Joby introduces ElevateOS, eVTOL operational and customer booking tool

Joby Aviation today announced it has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) authorization to use a suite of software tools developed in-house, called ‘ElevateOS’, that are designed to enable high-tempo, on-demand air taxi operations. “The ElevateOS […]