Blade expands Los Angeles coverage
Off the back of the proposed crackdown on charter and air-taxi flights across New York City, the city’s air-taxi booking platform Blade has announced that it is expanding its presence in Los Angeles. Blade...
Category: Urban Air Mobility
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...
EHang linked to Nasdaq IPO
EHang, the Chinese drone and eVTOL manufacturer has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) of up to $200 million shares with Nasdaq – according to Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with the matter. EHang...
Innovator plans cross-Channel flight on personal VTOL
Franky Zapata, founder of Zapata Racing, will attempt to cross the English Channel on his personal VTOL – Flyboard Air – on Thursday (25th) this week. It will be 110 years to the day...
PRICE Systems helps Uber estmate prices for Uber Air
PRICE Systems, a company providing cost estimating solutions, is helping Uber and its partners in the Uber Air initiative in estimating the optimum price per hour for the air taxi service. PRICE claims that...
We could be flying, yeah!
Airbus recently announced a partnership with Groupe ADP, the RATP group, the Paris Ile-de-France region and the French civil aviation authority (DAGC) for the development of urban air mobility (UAM) in Paris. The French...
Exclusive interview: Eviation’s co-founder and CEO Omer Bar-Yohay
In 2017, electric aircraft start-up Eviation displayed a technology demonstrator at the Paris Air Show. In 2019, it returned with an airworthy prototype all-electric aircraft and an announcement of first orders from regional U.S...
Signature Flight Support will be Uber Elevate’s eyes on the ground
Signature Flight Support and Uber Elevate announced a nationwide partnership at the Uber Elevate Summit, in Washington D.C. earlier this week. Signature will facilitate ground-based operations and skyport infrastructure for Uber Air. Signature will...
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...
New York helicopter crash raises security questions about flying over cities
Panic in New York streets on Monday when a twin-engine Agusta A109E burst into flames on crashing into the AXA Equitable Centre in New York City. The building was evacuated without incident, the only...