Political and industry opposition to drones and eVTOLs: currently uncoordinated but growing
The unfavourable reaction from Paris local politicians across the political divide to the launch of electric air taxi operations during the 2024 Olympic Games...
What EHang’s EH216 type certification means for the global aviation industry
The announcement on October 13 that the EHang EH216-S has obtained a type certificate from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC)...
UAM/AAM reality check: fire training-course approvals as important as airworthiness certificates
The rate of progress in the evolution of the global urban air mobility market is determined largely by the speed with which eVTOLs...
AAM, drone and UTM leaders expect industry acceleration following passage of FAA reauthorization
The US House of Representatives on July 20 passed the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act...
FAA’s Innovate28 vision: Clear high-level view but uncertainty over local responsibilities
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has published its Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Implementation Plan Near-term...
Are truly affordable eVTOLs possible to produce and operate? Yes
A view by Jürgen Greil, CEO, FlyNow Aviation, on Michael Halaby’s article, which first was published in the May 2023 edition of Royal Aeronautical...
The urban air mobility industry will soon have a serious PR problem – but it can be fixed
In our latest monthly analysis of the Global Urban Air Mobility market, now covering 54 individual country AAM/UAM plans...
Xponential 2023: AUVSI publishes new white paper on autonomy in aviation
Today at XPONENTIAL 2023, the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) announced the publication of...
Vertiport concepts: seven different approaches to urban air mobility take-off and landing areas
As the urban air mobility (UAM) market approaches its commercialisation phase, there are emerging seven different concepts of vertiport design...
Vertiport and eVTOL network competition is creating a major urban UTM challenge
Earlier this month Archer Aviation and United Airlines announced plans to launch the first air taxi route in Chicago, between O’Hare International...