Latest Urban Air Mobility News
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FAA Publishes Implementation Plan for Advanced Air Mobility
The FAA has released an implementation plan outlining the required steps to enable the near-term rollout of advanced air mobility vehicles. …
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Ferrovial and Milligan to Identify Sites for UK Vertiports
Ferrovial has partnered with Milligan to identify and develop vertiport sites in the UK for urban air mobility operations.
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eVTOL Air Taxi Flights Planned for Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
Groupe ADP, Volocopter, the French Civil Aviation Authority and the region of Paris plan to launch eVTOL air taxis for the 2024 Olympics.
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Saudi Arabia: Volocoptor Completes eVTOL Test Flights in NEOM
Volocopter's eVTOL aircraft has completed a series of air taxi test flights in NEOM's "smart and sustainable development" in Saudi Arabia.
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United Airlines and Eve Air Mobility to Launch eVTOL Flights in San Francisco
Eve Air Mobility and United Airlines have announced plans to launch eVTOL commuter flights throughout the Bay Area in San Francisco.
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Urban Flights: Getting Ready to Taxi
As manufacturers produce eVTOL aircraft, these vehicles could start delivering passenger taxi services and urban flights over the next decad…
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UK Research Reveals Noise Pollution Potential of eVTOLs
Researchers have measured the effects of the ground on propeller noise, revealing that eVTOLs may cause significant noise pollution.
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Blade to Offer eVTOL Flights from New Jersey to New York
Blade Air Mobility will operate and transform the Newport Helistop in Jersey City, New Jersey to prepare for eVTOL flights.
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FlightSafety to Produce Flight Simulators for Lilium's eVTOL Jet
Lilium has signed a Flight Simulator and Training Agreement with FlightSafety International to prepare for certifying its eVTOL jet.
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Archer Rolls Out Midnight Aircraft for Test Flights
Archer Aviation has completed production of its first Midnight electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
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FAA Releases Airspace Blueprint for Future Air Taxi Operations
The FAA has released an updated blueprint for US airspace to accommodate future air taxis and other advanced air mobility (AAM) operations.
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PANYNJ and NASA Partner to Explore Future of Urban Air Mobility
The PANYNJ has partnered with NASA to collaborate on planning for the future of urban air mobility in New York and New Jersey.
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Archer and United to Launch eVTOL Route in Chicago from 2025
Archer Aviation and United Airlines plan to launch the first eVTOL air taxi route in Chicago, between O’Hare (ORD) and Vertiport Chicago.
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UAE: VPorts to Construct eVTOL Vertiport at RAK Airport
VPorts has signed a MoU with Ras Al Khaimah Airport (RAK) to construct a vertiport for urban air mobility services to and from the airport.
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Production on Archer's Midnight eVTOL Aircraft Nears Completion
Archer Aviation has announced that the first build of its production eVTOL aircraft, Midnight is nearing completion.
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AutoFlight Sets Record for World's Longest eVTOL Flight
AutoFlight has set a new record for the world's longest fully electric vertical take off and landing (eVTOL) flight, flying 250,3km.
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Japan: EHang Completes Passenger-Carrying Autonomous eVTOL Flight
EHang has completed its first passenger-carrying autonomous flight demonstration in Japan using its EH216 eVTOL aircraft.
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Blade and BETA Complete eVTOL Test Flight in New York
Blade Air Mobility and BETA Technologies have completed a test flight of a ALIA-250 eVTOL aircraft at Westchester County Airport in New York…
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UK Government Invests £113 Million in Hydrogen and All-Electric Flight Technologies
The UK government has announced a £113m investment in hydrogen and all-electric flight technologies in order to "unlock guilt-free flights".
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Skyway and Moonware Partner on Automated Ground Solutions for eVTOL Aircraft
Skyway and Moonware have announced a partnership to advance the readiness of ground infrastructure for eVTOL aircraft.
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Siemens and Skyway to Develop Infrastructure for Vertiport Operations
Siemens and Skyway have announced a collaboration to develop electrical and digital infrastructure for vertiport operations.
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ASKA Debuts Drive & Fly eVTOL at CES 2023
AT CES Las Vegas 2023, ASKA debuted a full-scale, functional prototype of its ASKA A5 drive & fly eVTOL aircraft.
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Archer Aviation and Stellantis Partner to Manufacture Midnight eVTOL Aircraft
Stellantis and Archer Aviation have announced a partnership to manufacture Archer’s eVTOL aircraft, Midnight.
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Hyundai's Supernal to Run eVTOL Aircraft on Microsoft Cloud
Hyundai Motor Group's subsidiary, Supernal has announced a collaboration with Microsoft to run advanced air mobility on Microsoft cloud.