A roundup of the week’s news from the world of Advanced Air Mobility, including vertiport partnerships and eVTOL demonstrations.
SITA & Volocopter Collaborate on Digital Infrastructure for Vertiports
Volocopter and SITA have formed a new partnership, with SITA selected as Volocopter’s preferred digital and IT systems partner for vertiports. Read more…
VPorts to Build First Vertiport at Ras Al Khaimah Airport in UAE
VPorts has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) Airport to build and operate a first vertiport in RAK, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Read more…
Terminals Holding & Kookiejar Collaborate on Vertiports
Terminals Holding and Kookiejar have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in building and operating transformational, sustainable vertiports in emerging markets. Read more…
LIFT Completes First Piloted eVTOL Demonstrations in Japan
LIFT Aircraft has completed the first-ever piloted eVTOL demonstration flight in Japan with their aircraft, HEXA. Read more…
Doroni Raises $3.5 Million & Achieves Milestone eVTOL Flight Tests
Doroni Aerospace has successfully closed its second crowdfunding raise, and to date Doroni has raised a combined $3.5 million from a total of 1,956 investors. Read more…
Collaboration Formed to Explore Use of Eve’s Urban ATM Software
Eve Air Mobility has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Ferrovial Vertiports to explore the use of Eve’s Urban Air Traffic Management (Urban ATM) software solution to support the safe and reliable operation of vertiports and eVTOL aircraft. Read more…
United & Archer to Launch First Air Taxi Route in Chicago
Archer Aviation and United Airlines have revealed plans to launch the first air taxi route in Chicago, between O’Hare International Airport (ORD) and Vertiport Chicago. Read more…
Former FAA Administrator Appointed to Joby’s Board of Directors
Joby Aviation has appointed Michael Huerta, former Administrator of the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), to the Company’s Board of Directors. Read more…
