Urban Air Mobility

Developing standards for advanced air mobility certification and operations is one of the key steps to commercialization of urban air mobility solutions and passenger eVTOLs. Continue reading below, or listen:  This week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that the US and Korea will work together on advanced air mobility. …

AIR ONE eVTOL Completes First Full Transition to Cruise Flight by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby EVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft developer AIR announced the completion of its AIR ONE vehicle’s first full forward flight, in which the aircraft executed a seamless transition from hover to cruise. …

Two years ago, in November of 2020, the Mayor of Seoul took a ride in an EHang 216.  The autonomous test flight was launched over the densely populated city of Seoul, under a “Special Certificate of Airworthiness,” the first ever granted in Korea to a passenger-grade AAV. passenger flight experience …

Passenger eVTOL in NYC by 2023?  LIFT Aircraft Enters Agreement with Charm Aviation for HEXA Aircraft Tours in NYC by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer LIFT Aircraft has announced that it has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with helicopter tour …

First Vertiport in Italy Deployed at Fiumicino Airport by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M Crosby This morning, Aeroporti di Roma (ADR), Volocopter, UrbanV, and Atlantia completed Italy’s first crewed eVTOL public test flight during the presentation of the country’s first advanced air mobility (AAM) testing vertiport. Continue reading below, or …

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 …

Skyportz Opens Global Vertiport Database, Reveals Modular Vertiport Design by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M Crosby This week, electric air taxi developer Skyportz opened its property partner database globally, allowing for registrations from potential vertiport locations anywhere in the world. Continue reading below, or listen: Additionally, the World Air Taxi …

Skyportz Reveals Design for Australia’s First Electric Air Taxi Vertiport by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M Crosby Continue reading below, or listen: At the AAUS annual Advanced Air Mobility summit in Melbourne, Skyportz showcased the design of its first vertiport in Australia. Located at Caribbean Park in Victoria, the fastest …

EHang Holdings Limited is one of the leading passenger eVTOL companies in the world. Continue reading below, or listen: At the EHang Q2 2022 earnings call last week, company executives talked about what’s next for the company pioneering aerial tourism and more in Asia. EHang Holdings Limited [NASDAQ:EH]  is held …

United Pays $10M Pre-Delivery Payment to Archer for 100 eVTOL Aircraft Archer Aviation [NYSE:ACHR] is one of the holdings in the AdvisorShares Drone Technology ETF [NYSE ARCA:UAV], the only ETF dedicated to the drone economy. The AdvisorShares Drone Technology ETF is a thematic investment strategy seeking to capture the growth …