EVE AND YUGO SIGN DEAL TO EXPLORE UAM POTENTIAL IN SOUTHEAST ASIAnews Yves Le Marquand 22 Feb 24 0Eve and Singapore-based aviation company Yugo Global has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore the potential for urban eVTOL operations in southeast Asia.… Read more
Blade deal forms North America’s largest UAM businessnews Alasdair Whyte 7 Dec 21 0Blade Urban Air Mobility acquired scheduled helicopter operator Helijet International’s flights, making it the largest urban air mobility service in North America. For $12m, Blade… Read more
Bell Textron announces UAM partnership with Wheels Upnews Alasdair Whyte 12 Apr 21 0Bell Textron has announced plans – through a partnership with jet charter company Wheels Up – to develop short- and long-term solutions for vertical take-off… Read more
Honeywell’s Compact Fly-By-Wire system to fly Pipistrel’s Nuuva V300news Alasdair Whyte 22 Oct 20 0Pipistrel has selected Honeywell’s Compact Fly-By-Wire system for its autonomous, large-capacity cargo unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), Nuuva V300. Fly-by-wire computers act as the “’brains’ of… Read more
Air Safa launches aircraft leasing business in India with Airbus H125 helicopternews Alasdair Whyte 19 Oct 20 0Air Safa Pte. Ltd., a Singapore based aircraft leasing company, has signed a purchase agreement with Airbus Helicopters for one H-125 helicopter with the option… Read more
HI/VTOL Investor Opinion: UAM and the ‘Second Mouse Strategy’insight Alasdair Whyte 12 Oct 20 0Urban Air Mobility is awash with passion, innovation and, for the moment at least, not a little cash. But, when it comes to investment in… Read more
Volocopter to launch commercial air taxi routes in Paris regionnews Alasdair Whyte 2 Oct 20 0 Volocopter has joined forces with RATP Group, Paris Region and Groupe ADP to test its VoloCity air taxi in the Paris region, with a… Read more
Japan Airlines and Volocopter partner to launch UAM services in Japannews Alasdair Whyte 1 Oct 20 0Japan Airlines (JAL) and Volocopter GmbH announced a new agreement on September 29th, to promote the development of the urban air mobility industry (UAM) through… Read more
Honeywell launches new unit to develop UAM and UAS aircraftnews Mike Stones 17 Jun 20 0Honeywell has launched a new business unit to develop the Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) sectors. Backed by Honeywell’s technology, software,… Read more
Blade expands Los Angeles coveragenews Alasdair Whyte 30 Oct 19 0Off 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… Read more
Proposed bill would prohibit all ‘non-essential’ flights over New Yorkinsight Alasdair Whyte 30 Oct 19 0New Yorkers might live happily with the roar of traffic down Fifth Avenue, but it seems that some of them object to the noise of… Read more
Uber reveals Jaunt Air Mobility as latest VTOL partnernews Alasdair Whyte 12 Jun 19 0Uber Elevate has added a sixth company to its network of aircraft OEM partners – Jaunt Air Mobility. After announcing the initial five OEM partners… Read more
