Aviation & Air Mobility News
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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.
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Eve to Supply Volatus with Vertiport Automation Software
Eve Air Mobility has signed a LOI with Volatus Infrastructure to supply a vertiport automation software to manage eVTOL vehicles.
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First International AAM Corridor to Operate Between Québec and New York
VPorts has announced the creation of its first international electric 'advanced air mobility' (AAM) corridor between the US and Canada.
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VoloDrone Completes Deconfliction Flights in Germany
Urban air mobility pioneer, Volocopter, has completed a two-week test flight campaign for its VoloDrone multirotor heavy-lift cargo carrier.
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Archer Aviation to Construct High-Capacity eVTOL Production Facility in Georgia
Archer Aviation has announced plans to construct the industry's first high-capacity eVTOL manufacturing facility in Covington, Georgia.
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Indonesia: Hyundai to Establish Advanced Air Mobility 'Ecosystem' in Nusantara
Hyundai has signed a MoU with the Nusantara Capital City Authority in Indonesia to establish an advanced air mobility ecosystem.
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US: Archer and United to Operate eVTOL Services between EWR and NYC
Archer Aviation and United Airlines's first eVTOL service will operate between Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and New York City.
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NASA to Conduct Urban Air Mobility Crash Test
NASA will be conducting a crash test of an urban air mobility passenger vehicle at the Landing and Impact Research Facility on 9 November.
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Volocopter Raises Additional $182 Million in Financing
Volocopter, the pioneer of urban air mobility, has raised an additional $182 million in the second signing of its Series E funding round.
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Cleaner and Quieter Alternative to Helicopter Flights for NYC
LIFT Aircraft™ has signed a Letter of Intent with Charm Aviation to bring an entirely new kind of personal flight to the Big Apple.
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LIFT Receives Notice of Allowance from USPTO for HEXA Patent
LIFT Aircraft has received a Notice of Allowance from USPTO for its HEXA utility patent application, after nearly three years in review.
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AECOM and Ferrovial Host Vertiport Design Challenge
AECOM and Ferrovial Vertiports recently hosted a vertiport design challenge in which teams were asked to create vertiport design concepts.
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Ultralight Qualification Confirmed by LAMA
LIFT Aircraft vehicle HEXA has qualified as an ultralight, as confirmed by Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association (LAMA).
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Dubai: XPENG X2 Completes Its First Public eVTOL Flight
XPENG AEROHT has celebrated the first public electric vertical take-off-and-landing (eVTOL) flight of its 'flying car,' the XPENG X2.
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Italy’s First Vertiport Deployed at Fiumicino Airport
ADR, Atlantia, UrbanV, and pioneer of UAM, Volocopter, have successfully completed the first crewed eVTOL test flights in Italian airspace.
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Eviation Aircraft Completes Its First Electric Flight
Eviation Aircraft's zero-emission Alice aircraft has successfully completed its first electric flight in Washington, US.
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FAA Releases Design Guidelines for Vertiport Infrastructure
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released design guidelines on vertiport infrastructure for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM).
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JetBlue to Purchase Sustainable Aviation Fuel from AIR COMPANY
JetBlue has signed an intent to purchase 25 million gallons of AIR COMPANY's AIRMADE sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
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Deconfliction Flight Tests in France
M3 Systems, Pipistrel, and Volocopter have completed their first joint flight test campaign in France at Pontoise airfield.
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United Airlines to Purchase up to 400 eVTOL Eve Aircraft
United Airlines has announced a 15 million USD investment in Eve alongside a conditional purchase agreement for up to 400 eVTOL aircraft.
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AAM Corridors to Be Created Between Quebec and the US
A consortium of organisations aims to establish international electric Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) corridors between Quebec and the US.
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Helicus Completes EU's First Urban Clinical Drone Flight
For the first time in the EU, a remotely operated drone was used to transport human blood samples and tissues in an urban setting in Belgium…