Air taxis and personal transports

Lilium launches into UK with deal for up to 20 “Pioneer Editions” with eVolare private jet operator

Lilium N.V. has today announced a contract with eVolare, a subsidiary of Volare Aviation, one of the United Kingdom’s largest helicopter and private jet operators for a firm commitment for ten Lilium Pioneer Edition Jets, […]

Air taxis and personal transports

H2FLY to head European Commission hydrogen fuel-cell aircraft-system research project

H2FLY, the Stuttgart (Germany)-based company specializing in the development of hydrogen fuel cell systems for aircraft, has been appointed project lead of the HEAVEN initiative. The aim of Project HEAVEN is to design, develop and […]

Air taxis and personal transports

UMILES NEXT Concept Integrity eVTOL: a key partner in UAM/AAM airspace integration trials

The UMILES Next air taxi, Concept Integrity, equipped with FlyFree technology developed by the TECNALIA research centre, was presented yesterday in Brussels during the Drone Days organised by the European Commission as part of the […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Airbus details hydrogen fuel-cell research – plans ZEROe flight demonstrations

Airbus and its partners have given more details about their hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion research. Fuel-cells generate electricity very efficiently through an electrochemical reaction, rather than via combustion. They also differ from batteries since they require […]

AAM/UAM route and programme news

Israel to trial passenger carrying eVTOLs and cargo drones in controlled urban airspace

The Israel Innovation Authority (IAA) has announced the start of a 60 million INS (USD17.5 million) second phase of the Israel’s National Drone Initiative, which will examine the use of large cargo and passenger-carrying heavy […]

Air taxis and personal transports

EHang signs strategic cooperation agreements with eight enterprises for UAM development

The Chinese news platform eastwest connect reports that recently “EHang held a joint signing ceremony for strategic cooperation agreements in low-altitude economic and ecological development at the Guangzhou R&D Center with eight enterprise entities.” eastwest […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Ampaire flies hybrid-electric regional aircraft

Ampaire has just reported that its Eco Caravan, a nine-seat regional aircraft, “has made its first flight on a fully-integrated hybrid-electric propulsion system”.  Ampaire expects it to be the first electrified regional aircraft to enter […]