Latest Urban Air Mobility News
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Avolon and Vertical Aerospace: World’s Largest eVTOL Aircraft Order
Avolon and Vertical Aerospace have announced a ground-breaking US$2 billion order for up to 500 electric eVTOL aircraft.
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ZURI Reveals New VTOL Sustainable Interior Design Concept
Zuri, a Prague-based company developing hybrid VTOL aircraft for advanced regional air mobility, has unveiled a new interior design concept.
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EHang: 216 AAV Conducted Trial Flights in Japan
EHang's flagship passenger-grade AAV EHang 216 successfully performed its maiden Japan unmanned and autonomous trial flight.
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Eve Announces Halo as Launch Partner with Order for 200 eVTOL Aircraft
Eve and Halo have announced a partnership focused on developing UAM products and services in the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Volocopter and Near Earth Autonomy Announce Partnership
Near Earth Autonomy and Volocopter’s will test Near Earth Autonomy’s autonomous flight technology on Volocopter’s VoloDrone aircraft.
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Hybrid Air Vehicles: Airlander's Mobility Cabin Concepts Revealed
The Airlander 10 aircraft will be available with up to 100 seats in a hybrid-electric configuration from 2025.
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DENSO, Honeywell Ascend into Urban Air Mobility with Expanded Alliance
DENSO and Honeywells expanded collaboration will enable development, testing and flying of electric propulsion systems for UAM segment.
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EASA Publishes Results of EU Study on Acceptance of Urban Air Mobility
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published results of the first study conducted in the EU on Urban Air Mobility.
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VoloConnect: Expanding Volocopter’s Coverage of the UAM Ecosystem
Volocopter, the pioneer of urban air mobility, has unveiled its newest eVTOL aircraft, VoloConnect, designed to connect suburbs to cities.
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NASA to Help Local Governments Plan for Advanced Air Mobility
NASA will work alongside governments to consider how emerging Advanced Air Mobility services can best be included in civic transportation.
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CAE Sign Support Services Agreement with of Jaunt Air Mobility
CAE has been selected to lead design and development of the Jaunt Aircraft Systems Integration Lab for the the company’s new eVTOL aircraft.
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UK Government Backs World-First Programme to Build Air Architecture™
Urban-Air Port® have announced a partnership to design safe, clean and connected Air Architecture™ for future electric air taxis.
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Royal Mail Trials Inter-Island Drone Deliveries
Royal Mail has announced a trial of the first out-of-sight, autonomous scheduled drone flights between the UK mainland and an island.
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ASSURED-UAM Launch: Consortium for Climate Neutral Urban Transport
ASSURED-UAM aims to implement acceptance, safety and sustainability recommendations for efficient deployment of Urban Air Mobility.
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Jaunt Air Mobility Announces Operations in Canada
Jaunt Air Mobility, an OEM and operator of eVTOL aircraft, will be opening design and manufacturing centers in Canada.
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Wisk to Provide and Operate up to 30 Electric Vertical Aircraft for Blade
Blade Urban Air Mobility, Inc. and Wisk Aero LLC have announced that Wisk will provide Blade with up to 30 Electric Vertical Aircraft.
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Airbus to Test Advanced Autonomous Features on Helicopter Flightlab
Airbus is introducing autonomous features to its helicopter Flightlab through a project code-named Vertex.
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Kanematsu and Skyports Partner for Commercial AAM in Japan
Kanematsu Corporation and Skyports, have signed an MOU to expand their collaboration to enable advanced air mobility in Japan.
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Volocopter: Bringing Electric Air Taxis to China’s Cities
Volocopter and Geely Technology Group presented the 2X for the first time in China at Geely’s booth at Auto Shanghai 2021.
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Blade Secures Up to 20 BETA Electric Vertical Aircraft
Blade Urban Air Mobility, Inc., today announced a binding agreement to secure up to 20 BETA Technologies ALIA Electric Vertical Aircraft.
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Lilium to List On Nasdaq, Reveals 7-Seater Jet
Lilium has entered into a definitive business combination agreement with Qell Acquisition Corp., a publicly listed special purpose acquisiti…
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Volocopter Publishes Roadmap for Scalable Urban Air Mobility
Volocopter has published “The Roadmap to Scalable Urban Air Mobility” outlining what is needed to operate a full ecosystem enabling urban ai…
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EHang Partners with Giancarlo Zema Design for Vertiport in Italy
With EHang’s passenger-grade AAV technologies and air mobility solutions, GZDG has designed and will build an eco-sustainable vertiport in I…
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Volocopter Raises €200 Million in Series D Funding Round
Urban air mobility pioneer Volocopter announced the signing of their Series D funding round today, raising €200 million in additional capita…