Air vehicles

  • May 21, 2021

EASA predicts 2024 for air-taxi debut

Passengers in Europe are likely to be flying in electric-powered air taxis by the middle of the decade, according to the EU’s chief aviation safety regulator, but fully autonomous operations are likely to be some…
  • May 17, 2021

Textron delays entry to UAM space

Textron officially announced that their service (EIS) target date for the eVTOL projects will be delayed. On this announcement was noted that battery technology has not yet reached the critical level required to the company’s…
  • May 16, 2021

Munich and Nuremberg are Lilium’s initial air taxi hubs

Lilium announced that Munich and Nuremberg in Germany will be the two locations of the company’s first air taxi hubs. The infrastructure for air taxis has been discussed for several years. Lilium has started discussions…
  • May 4, 2021

Halo Helicopters prepares for eVTOL operation in UK and USA

The race among eVTOL manufacturers to get next-generation air-taxi aircraft authorized is closely followed by another group of companies like Uber and Lyft who announced plans to become air mobility service providers by managing eVTOL…
  • April 17, 2021

First autonomous airplane gate-to-gate flight

Xwing plan to incorporate autonomous technology for regional air freight. Autonomous cargo flights are interesting with the predictable routes and the immense commercial significance of cargo delivery logistics. Xwing announced significant progress in expanding and…
  • April 14, 2021

EUROCONTROL organizes European UAM demos

CORUS-XUAM is a major demonstration project aimed at gathering research knowledge and know-how on air traffic management (ATM), unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and urban air mobility (UAM). In the kick off meeting participated over 70…
  • April 1, 2021

Lilium announces intention to list on Nasdaq

through a merger with Qell Acquisition Corp., and reveals development of its 7-Seater electric vertical take-off and landing jet Lilium announces the intention to list on Nasdaq through a merger with Qell Acquisition Corp. and…