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New guide to passenger eVTOL global regulations, standards, CONOPs and roadmaps published

The Urban Air Mobility News and Global AAM/UAM Market Map teams have launched a new update to the dynamic publication AAM regulations, standards, CONOPS and roadmaps for passenger-carrying operations, which gives subscribers an up-to-date view on the regulations and standards being developed around the world [...]

“EHang, Hefei Hey Airlines granted air operator certificate by the CAAC – commercial operations imminent”

Multiple media reports say EHang has received acceptance of its Air Operator Certificate (AOC) application from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) for its EH216-S, paving the way for commercial operations. According to China’s Global Times, quoting a report by the China Central Television [...]

Abu Dhabi Aviation Group and Archer “to deploy Midnight eVTOL aircraft globally this year”

The Emirates News Agency (WAM) reports that Abu Dhabi Aviation Group (ADA) has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Archer Aviation to deploy the first fleet of its Midnight electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft globally, starting this year. This initiative is [...]

Wenfeng’s Diamond Industries integrates Volocopter into its business portfolio

Diamond Aircraft Industries, based in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, has integrated Volocopter, with the company headquarter remaining in Bruchsal, Germany. Diamond Aircraft is a subsidiary of Wanfeng Aircraft Division of Wanfeng Auto Holding Group, “and is an internationally renowned general aircraft manufacturer with over four decades [...]

Abu Dhabi Aviation Group and Archer “to deploy Midnight eVTOL aircraft globally this year”

March 27, 2025 Comments Off

Virgin Atlantic and Joby to launch eVTOL air taxi services in the UK

March 16, 2025 Comments Off

Joby Aviation today announced a partnership with Virgin Atlantic for air taxi services in the UK. “The partnership builds on an existing agreement between Joby and Delta Air Lines – which owns a 49 percent […]

Eve Air Mobility and UI Helicopter partner to advance AAM ecosystem development in South Korea

March 13, 2025 Comments Off

Eve Air Mobility and UI Helicopter, South Korea’s leading helicopter operator and maintenance provider, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cultivate the industry’s ecosystem in South Korea. Eve and UI Helicopter will collaborate to […]

Volocopter partners with Jet Systems Hélicoptères Service to offer eVTOL services in Paris

February 18, 2025 Comments Off

Volocopter has announced a new partnership with Jet Systems Hélicoptères Services, a licensed air service offering with over thirty years of passenger flight services, announced that they had signed an agreement to bring electric vertical […]

Eve partners with PRS Aeroportos, UrbanV, VertiMob in Brazil AAM regulatory vertiport trial

February 4, 2025 Comments Off

Eve Air Mobility has announced its collaboration with PRS Aeroportos – participating as a consortium between Pax Aeroportos SA, concessionaire of Campo de Marte Airport, and UrbanV SpA, vertiport operator – and VertiMob Infrastructure Ltda […]

SkyDrive and JetSetGo Aviation partner to develop AAM services in Gujarat

January 28, 2025 Comments Off

SkyDrive Inc has announced the signing of a strategic partnership with JetSetGo Aviation Services Pvt to explore new business structures, initially in the state of Gujarat and potentially in other locations across India. JetSetGo, one […]

Osaka Metro opens Osaka Expo 2025 vertiport, to host SkyDrive eVTOL test flights

March 28, 2025 Comments Off

Osaka Metro today announced the completion of the “OSAKAKO Vertiport”, a new eVTOL take off and landing facility intended to serve the venue of the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai. SkyDrive, an Aichi-based company preparing to […]

“Airports will need to invest in renewable charging systems to prepare for electric regional air mobility”

March 27, 2025 Comments Off

“Airports should invest strategically in renewable energy sources and battery storage systems to support the operational demands of electric aircraft,” is a key recommendation from a new report “Study on electric regional air mobility integration […]

Lyte Aviation, LYNEports and Bluenest to develop vertiports throughout the Middle East

March 27, 2025 Comments Off

Multiple social media reports say that UK-based hybrid hydrogen-electric VTOL aircraft developer Lyte Aviation and infrastructure developers LYNEPorts and Bluenest partnered to build vertiports throughout Middle East, stating in Oman and the UAE. According to […]

Skyports Infrastructure reports “completion of UK’s first vertiport, at Bicester Motion”

March 25, 2025 Comments Off

In a Linkedin post Skyports Infrastructure reports it has completed the UK’s first vertiport at Bicester Motion. “We’re now gearing up for the operational testing phase, with invaluable support from Simon Masters and Kerissa Khan […]

Skyportz releases vertipad patent “which may dissipate eVTOL energy 250% faster than flat landing surface”

March 23, 2025 Comments Off

At Avalon International Airshow in Melbourne today Australian vertiport developer Skyportz has released a patent for a modular vertipad that ameliorates downwash and outwash in urban locations. “The Swinburne University study released today has indicated […]

Cherokee Federal launches mobile, rapidly deployed VTOL/eVTOL landing platform

March 14, 2025 Comments Off

Cherokee Federal, the federal contracting division of Cherokee Nation Businesses, has unveiled the patent-pending and rapidly deployable MVP™ (Mobile Vertipad Platform), “offering an unmatched mobile versatility for Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) and electric VTOL […]