Project GOF 2.0 Integrated Urban Airspace is designed to demonstrate how drone traffic and air taxis can be succesfully integrated with manned aircraft in Europe. A series of test flights in Austria last month marked a milestone for the project, highlighting the need for integration between drone traffic control …
Read More »First Vertiport in Coventry, UK: Air-One Hub for AAM
UNMARKED STUDIO is a visual communications agency that specializes in the fields of architectural visualization and photography. The Air-One, first fully functioning vertiport opens in Coventry, UK: a prototype for advanced air mobility by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Images attributed to Lucy Ray, PA Wire: used with express …
Read More »Personal eVTOL Vehicles AIR CEO
AIR CEO envisions future featuring people flying personal eVTOL vehicles By Jim Magill From George Jetson to Prof. Brown in the Back to the Future movies, the dream of owning one’s own flying car has captured the public imagination. However, in recent years, planners envisioning urban air mobility solutions have …
Read More »Urban Air Mobility in Korea: Volocopter’s Test Flight
Urban air mobility in Korea takes flight: Volocopter Conducts South Korea’s First Crewed Public Air Taxi Test Flight by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Volocopter, the German leader in urban air mobility (UAM), has concluded the first test flight of its 2X aircraft in Seoul, South Korea. The event …
Read More »Skyportz Announces Air Taxi Infrastructure Australia
Skyportz Announces First Australian Air Taxi Hub to Service Brisbane Olympics by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Today at the Air Taxi World Congress in London, Skyportz announced that their first Australian infrastructure for air taxis will be built at the Australian Advanced Manufacturing Centre of Excellence in Moreton …
Read More »Volocopter Funding: €200 Million in Series D
The appetite for investment in the air taxi or urban air mobility sector continues to grow, as new Volocopter funding indicates. Volocopter, one of the first working air taxis – and the only company to receive Design Organization Approval (DOA) by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) – has …
Read More »Joby Aviation Air Taxi in Flight (VIDEO)
Joby Aviation aircraft Joby Aviation hasn’t operated in stealth mode, but nor have they tended to make large announcements about product development. Now, for the first time, Joby has released video footage of the Joby Aviation air taxi in flight. (See the flight video and the CEO merger announcement below.) …
Read More »Passenger Drones Should Benefit the Disabled Community
Courtesy of EHang Urban air mobility (UAM) could provide a major benefit for the disabled community. A new white paper from Aerobility and CIVATAglobal says the industry must be inclusive from the outset to realize that goal as passenger drones are introduced. While the concept of integrating air taxis, drone …
Read More »Uber Elevate Acquired by Joby Aviation
Uber Elevate droneport concept. Uber Elevate, Uber’s urban air mobility (UAM) initiative, has been acquired by Joby Aviation. Joby Aviation is a developer of an all-electric, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) passenger aircraft. As part of the deal, Uber has invested a further $75 million in Joby. While Joby …
Read More »Air Taxis for Future Transport: EHang takes flight in Seoul
EHang Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: EH) announced its EHang 216 two-seater passenger-grade autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) had completed its maiden flight in Korea. “It is Korea’s first time to launch a flight of an autonomous “air taxi” over a densely populated downtown area,” says a company press release. The flight, which …
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