Advanced Air Mobility (AAM)
Cargo drones: what can they teach vertiports?
Cargo is at the forefront of urban air mobility. Emma Kelly investigates the sector and considers what it can teach vertiport developers
Drone medical courier service trialled
EMED Group and Skyports Drone Services have completed a proof-of-concept project aimed at bringing innovation to medical courier services
Eve and Embraer reveal eVTOL production plans
Eve Air Mobility and Embraer’s first electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL) production facility will be located in Taubaté, Brazil
FAA issues AAM implementation plan
The FAA has released an implementation plan detailing the steps needed to safely enable advanced air mobility operations in the near term
Canard inspects Greek airports
Canard Drones carried out 26 precision approach path indicator, 11 approach lighting systems and 13 runway lights calibration operations
Lilium and UrbanV to collaborate
EVTOL developer Lilium and vertiport design specialist UrbanV are to collaborate on AAM infrastructure in Italy and the French Riviera
Skyportz releases vertiport-in-a-box design
Australian air taxi infrastructure pioneer Skyportz has released the design for a modular, turn-key vertiport that it describes as ‘revolutionary’
UK drone operators issue call to government
A group of leading drone operators has called on the UK Government to change the way uncrewed aviation is regulated
Volatus to build vertiport at Bellefonte
Volatus Infrastructure has revealed plans to build a vertiport with multiple landing pads and charging stations at Bellefonte Airport in Pennsylvania
Skyroads develops AAM test site at Augsburg
Munich-based Skyroads has begun equipping its advanced air mobility flight test site at Augsburg Airport, 7km outside the third largest city in Bavaria
Airbus and MAI sign MoU on future eVTOL
Airbus and Munich Airport International are to begin developing turnkey advanced air mobility ecosystems solutions
Munich announces eVTOL project
Munich Airport and Urban-Air Port are to jointly develop eVTOL ground infrastructure and airport operations for electric air taxis