Skyportz Secures Orders for Vertipad Units Following Farnborough Airshow

The modular vertipad solution addresses a multitude of issues from passenger safety, battery fires, to insurance risks, and can be placed on airport tarmacs or on new vertiport sites By Joe Macey / 13 Aug 2024
Skyportz Secures Orders for Vertipad Units Following Farnborough International Airshow
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Following the release of Skyportz’s vertipad patent at the 2024 Farnborough International Airshow, the company has reported three orders totalling in excess of 1000 units to support the emerging air taxi industry.

The patented modular vertipad solution addresses a multitude of issues including passenger safety, downwash, outwash, battery fires, power generation, power storage, debris capture, noise, environmental impacts, insurance risks and more – all in an affordable package that can be placed on airport tarmacs or on new vertiport sites.

CEO Clem Newton-Brown, said; “The patented design has not been released publicly as we are still tweaking our prototype.

“However, we have been happy to share the design with industry colleagues under Non-Disclosure Agreement and the response has been incredible. You can actually see the light bulbs going on as people realise we have cracked the nut of mass production of a vertipad product that is a vast improvement on a circle painted on a slab of concrete.”

Initial orders have come in from an aircraft OEM, and infrastructure investors. The company expects that in addition to aviation, property, and infrastructure investors it will be a supplier to other vertiport companies looking for a way to increase safety and comply with the performance-based standards of the air regulators.

The innovative design will enable operations from smaller footprints and that will have a significant and quantifiable benefit for both airports and property owners planning vertiports.

“With our product you will be able to establish operations safely on tighter sites or on larger sites, fit more landing pads. Profitable operations are going to need low capital costs and high throughput. You can do the sums on any site to calculate the capex savings utilising our product,” said Newton-Brown.

Newton-Brown said that they are still offering their impressive terminal designs with Contreras Earl Architecture, but they also wanted to create an entry level package to enable them to break the nexus between aviation and airports with their property partners.

Newton-Brown added; “The mass vertiport infrastructure is the missing piece of the puzzle for this industry. Without new vertiport landing sites in places people want to go, the aircraft will never fulfil their potential. The elephant in the room is that no-one wants to pay millions of dollars for each vertiport. We have got the message and responded with this patent.”

Posted by Joe Macey Edited by Joseph Macey, Editor and Copywriter and experienced journalist with an active interest in advanced air mobility. Connect & Contact

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