AAM/UAM route and programme news

ADB Safegate and vertiport developer Kookiejar to develop modular vertiport in Dubai

Airport technology company ADB Safegate and vertiport developer Kookiejar have announced a partnership to develop modular airports, starting in Dubai South. Kookiejar signed an agreement in 2022 with heliport and helicopter operator Air Chateau for […]

Business Partnerships

Urban-Air Port joins forces with NACO – accelerating vertiport integration into airports globally

Netherlands Airport Consultants (NACO) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Urban-Air Port® (UAP), making it the “first specialist aviation planning consultancy to support UAP in exploring how its pioneering ground infrastructure technology can […]

UAM infrastructure

NERL publishes FAA-sponsored study on vertiport electrical infrastructure requirements

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) study on vertiport electrical infrastructure. The study’s executive summary says: “Determining the electric load demands associated with introducing these aircraft is […]

Air taxis and personal transports

EHang opens its European UAM Centre at Lleida-Alguaire airport in Spain

EHang Holdings Limited has announced the inauguration of its first European UAM Centre in Spain (see https://www.urbanairmobilitynews.com/air-taxis/ehang-to-inaugurate-first-european-autonomous-air-vehicle-operations-centre-on-31-october/). “Located inside the Lleida–Alguaire International Airport (“LEDA”), the centre represents the first-of-its-kind in Europe for unmanned electric vertical […]

UTM

Germany’s AMI-PGS research project reviews approach and departure regulations for eVTOLs

The Air Mobility Initiative – Positioning & Guidance Systems (AMI-PGS) project has reached an important milestone, according to project leader Droniq. The partners presented an analysis of the current regulatory approach and departure procedures, as […]