Drop the pilot or ‘keep skin in the game?’
What’s the fastest and most efficient way to develop autonomous aircraft – to drop the pilot from the outset or keep one on board, at least initially, to keep “skin in the game”. The developments in...
Tagged: Urban Air Mobility
OPINION: Urban Air Mobility – changing how people travel via natural evolution
Urban-centred air transportation is not a new concept. In the 1970s, Boston and some other cities had services based on-demand helicopter taxi. However, the accidents, air pollution, noise, and cost ultimately grounded the taxi...
Voom launches in San Francisco
Even companies can seem to become homesick. This was evident last week when on-demand helicopter-booking platform Voom brought its service to San Francisco – where the company was first established. Instead of launching in...
Continental Aerospace and VerdeGo Aero announce strategic partnership
Continental Aerospace Technologies and VerdeGo Aero have announced a strategic partnership to develop hybrid-electric propulsion systems for eVTOLs. Florida-based VerdeGo is a start-up developing its Integrated Distributed Electric Propulsion (IDEP) system, while Continental is...
Voom brings its helicopter ride-hailing service to San Francisco
Following Uber’s entry into the helicopter air taxi market with its launch of Uber Air this month, Airbus is doubling down on its own helicopter urban-transport efforts by launching its Voom air taxi service...
Pipistrel Vertical Solutions launches first eVTOL concept
Pipistrel Vertical Solutions – a Pipistrel company – unveiled its first eVTOL model 801 at the Uber Elevate summit, in Washington D.C. this week. This is a five-seater, fully electric air taxi concept. The...
Sikorsky eyes urban air mobility with Blade deal
Sikorsky’s New York based charter subsidiary AAG has struck a deal with helicopter-booking platform Blade to provide and operate an S76C+ on Blade’s service. Many of Sikorsky’s contemporaries – including Bell and Airbus –...
American helicopter app takes service to Mumbai
Blade, a helicopter-ride app launched in 2014, has announced plans to extend its service to India’s financial capital Mumbai. This will be the company’s first route outside the United States, where it offers customers...