New city projects

Tokyo outlines detailed plans for eVTOL services, first demonstration flights “next year”

According to Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office of the Governor for Policy Planning “the Metropolitan Government has established the “Tokyo Metropolitan Government-Private Council for the Realization of a Revolution in Air Mobility,” which will be the […]

UAM infrastructure

“1,504 vertiports now planned for construction worldwide” – latest Global AAM/UAM Market Map report

The February 2025 update to the Global AAM/UAM Market Map report:  The global vertiport market map and forecast 2025-2029 has identified 1,504 vertiports being planned for development around the world, or implicit in the network launch […]

Vertiports

Skyway and DART to develop vertiport network feasibility study in California

Skyway, a California-based vertiport development and operations company, has partnered y with the Drones, Automation & Robotics Technology (DART) organization to accelerate advanced air mobility (AAM) solutions throughout California. “This partnership with DART, established in […]

Government investment

India’s civil aviation ministry and the WEF examine potential AAM hubs in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh

India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation, in collaboration with the World Economic Forum’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) India, during January 2025 conducted field studies across Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh in January 2025 aimed […]

Air taxis and personal transports

AutoFlight reports 12 large eVTOL order from Wuhan Hanyang Investment Development Group

Multiple press sources report that Chinese electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) developer AutoFlight has announced a procurement order from Wuhan Hanyang Investment Development Group for 12 large eVTOL aircraft, valued at 157 million yuan, […]

Hydrogen

Fabrum launches hydrogen aviation hub at Christchurch airport in New Zealand

Fabrum, a New Zealand company specialised in zero-emission transition technologies, has unveiled a hydrogen testing facility in partnership with Christchurch Airport to support the development of green hydrogen-powered technologies, primarily in aviation. The partnership will […]