Features

Latest features and long reads covering the airport and air traffic industry.

Vertiport lighting: risks and opportunities

Tom Batchelor reports on the challenges and opportunities vertiport developers face when designing lighting for urban locations

Vertiports in the Middle East

The Middle East is at the forefront of vertiport development. Mark Broadbent speaks to the stakeholders to find out why

Case study: Project CAELUS

Could drones help save lives in rural Scotland? Vertiports reports on an ambitious multi-discipline consortium investigating their potential

AAM interview: Sunil Budhdeo

Coventry City Council’s Sunil Budhdeo tells Tara Craig about the organisation’s ambitious plans for advanced air mobility

Vertiports case study: The Point

Vertiport developers have a great deal to consider when choosing locations. Tara Craig reports on an innovative project on the site of a Utah prison

Vertiports and user-centred design

Christian Vatter and Roger Kellenberger consider the impact a user-centred design approach could have on vertiports

Case study: Volocopter in Versailles

Sporting achievements weren’t the only big news from Paris this year. Tara Craig looks at the historic flights undertaken by Volocopter

Vertiports 2, 2024

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Autonomous GSE: The shape of things to come?

When faced with a perfect storm – booming passenger numbers and global staff shortages – is autonomy the answer, asks Emma Kelly

Airport vehicles: the latest moves

Tom Batchelor looks at developments in on-airport vehicles, from luxury cars transferring passengers to business terminals to new autonomous buses