Urban Air Mobility News & Articles

UK CAA Issues First eVTOL DOA to Vertical Aerospace

The Design Organization Approval (DOA) means the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is satisfied Vertical Aerospace has the capability to design a safe and reliable aircraft and aviation-related products to the highest standards

Mar 31, 2023
Intel Joins Airspeeder as Intelligence Partner

Intel has joined Airspeeder in a strategic sponsorship agreement to provide end-to-end systems support and insights to help power the world's first flying electric car racing series

Mar 30, 2023
Archer Midnight eVTOL Aircraft Completes Wind Tunnel Tests

The test campaign in Switzerland allowed Archer to gather valuable data to further validate the Midnight vehicle configuration, its aerodynamic models, external load predictions, aircraft performance, stability and control characteristics, and performance degradation in icing conditions

Mar 29, 2023
Altaport’s New Partnerships for Vertiport Automation

Altaport has signed strategic partnership agreements with TruWeather, Electro.Aero, Fortem, 1200.aero, ResilienX and Moonware to provide a comprehensive vertiport management solution

Mar 29, 2023
Ascendance Raises €21 Million to Accelerate Work on eVTOL Aircraft

The new funds give Ascendance Flight Technologies the resources to fly its full-scale prototype, begin certification and scale-up actions for its first aircraft

Mar 28, 2023
Swiss Helicopter Purchases Dufour Aero2 & Aero3 Aircraft

The purchase of the Aero2 and Aero3 aircraft represents a significant step for Dufour Aerospace as all major Swiss civil helicopter operators have now signed letters of intent

Mar 27, 2023
Advanced Air Mobility Weekly Roundup – WC 19 March

A roundup of the week's Advanced Air Mobility news, including developments from Archer, Eve Air Mobility, and Doroni Aerospace

Mar 24, 2023
Former FAA Administrator Appointed to Joby’s Board of Directors

Michael Huerta completed a five-year term as FAA Administrator in 2018, during which the agency earned an unprecedented safety record, he previously served as Acting FAA Administrator from 2011 to 2013 and Deputy from 2010 to 2011

Mar 24, 2023
United & Archer to Launch First Air Taxi Route in Chicago

From Vertiport Chicago, located in the Illinois Medical District, passengers will be able to travel to and from O'Hare International Airport (ORD) via Archer's Midnight aircraft in around 10 minutes

Mar 23, 2023
Collaboration Formed to Explore Use of Eve’s Urban ATM Software

Eve Air Mobility and Ferrovial have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) for a collaboration that will help enable safe and reliable eVTOL operations in the US and UK

Mar 23, 2023
Doroni Raises $3.5 Million & Achieves Milestone eVTOL Flight Tests

Following the Doroni eVTOL prototype, H1P1, making a short untethered hover test flight, the company revealed to investors they had completed a total 23 test flights with the aircraft

Mar 22, 2023
LIFT Completes First Piloted eVTOL Demonstrations in Japan

HEXA successfully completed a number of piloted-flight pattern manoeuvres, including vertical flight and circular flight, at the Osaka Castle Baseball Field

Mar 22, 2023
Terminals Holding & Kookiejar Collaborate on Vertiports

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed during the The Future of Air Transportation in Mauritania conference in Nouakchott, will see cooperation in building and operating transformational, sustainable vertiports in emerging markets, creating societal value

Mar 21, 2023
VPorts to Build First Vertiport at Ras Al Khaimah Airport in UAE

The Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) vertiport, to be established on a 10,000-square-meter site, is designed to establish the UAE as a world class global Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) hub

Mar 20, 2023
SITA & Volocopter Collaborate on Digital Infrastructure for Vertiports

SITA has been selected as Volocopter's preferred digital and IT systems partner for vertiports, and becomes the latest investor to join the Series E funding round

Mar 20, 2023
Advanced Air Mobility Weekly Roundup – WC 12 March

A roundup of the week's Advanced Air Mobility news, including developments from Vertical Aerospace, Joby, and Archer

Mar 17, 2023
First Build of Archer’s Midnight eVTOL Aircraft Nears Completion

Archer Aviation is targeting completion of its initial conforming Midnight aircraft in Q4 2023, and piloted flight test operations would begin in early 2024

Mar 17, 2023
Vertical Opens Advanced Aerospace Battery Facility

The Vertical Energy Center (VEC) based in Bristol will support the design, test, manufacture and commercialization of Vertical's custom-made battery pack for its VX4 eVTOL aircraft

Mar 16, 2023
Skyfly’s eVTOL to Feature at Farnborough International

Skyfly has been invited to exhibit the Axe eVTOL on both days of the Sustainable Skies World Summit, and also hopes to unveil the first completed fuselage section at its booth

Mar 15, 2023