On-demand helicopter service provider Blade Air Mobility has agreed to acquire the commercial passenger transport activities of three European helicopter companies for a total of €48 million ($51 million) in cash.
Flewber, a technology platform that allows users to book private air travel on demand, has released a new version of its app with two new ways to book flights.
As part of preparations for the introduction of urban air mobility operations in Brazil, Embraer and sister company Eve UAM have evaluated a set of autonomous flight technologies around Sao Jose dos Campos using helicopters.
By 2035, Rio de Janiero could see a fleet of 245 urban air taxis flying 4.5 million passengers a year on more than 100 routes linking 37 vertiports, Eve UAM forecasts in the first concept of operations for urban air mobility (UAM) to be developed in Brazil.
Airbus is to test its CityAirbus NextGen electric vertical takeoff and landing platform with a series of research projects centered around the German city of Ingolstadt.
In a bid to promote the commercialization of drone-based products and services, a plan to build a 165-mi. network of drone “superhighways” linking cities across the UK has been submitted by a consortium led by unified traffic management provider Altitude Angel.
Vertical Aerospace expects to certificate its VX4 air taxi concurrently with the UK and Europe, with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency agreeing to validate UK Civil Aviation Authority type certification of the electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
What a journey across town in an autonomous air taxi could look like, flying through airspace shared with drones and piloted aircraft, is revealed in a new concept of operations for urban air mobility produced by Wisk Aero and vertiports developer Skyports.
Honeywell has started testing reaction time differences between expert pilots and novices on its prototype simplified vehicle operation cockpit system for electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
A UK consortium led by Embraer company Eve UAM has completed a concept of operations for urban air mobility in London that identifies the near-term challenges and actions required to enable electric air taxi service.
An FAA advisory group has recommended regulatory requirements for flying small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) beyond the vision of an operator, a capability considered key to the commercial exploitation of drones
On the path to implementing pre-commercial services during the Paris 2024 Olympics, a European demonstration program has completed its first field tests of U-space airspace services to support urban and intercity operations with unmanned and manned aircraft.
The Joby Aviation electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft that crashed on Feb. 16 during a remotely piloted flight test experienced a component failure, according to the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report.
Training systems provider CAE has added another advanced-air-mobility startup to its customer ranks with an agreement to develop the flight-simulation training devices for Joby Aviation’s electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi.
Residents' concerns about the impact of nearby flight operations on their land value are especially relevant to urban air mobility as eVTOLs and cargo drones hope to operate in the heart of urban areas.
The U.S. Transportation Department’s Office of Inspector General is to audit the FAA’s certification of urban air mobility aircraft at the request of Congress.
Over the course of two days, Aviation Week’s Advanced Air Mobility Report received word of three different agreements designed to attract and establish AAM in specific areas.
Hyundai’s urban air mobility company, Supernal, is to work with Miami officials to develop policies for advanced air mobility that are designed to enable the city to serve as a model for other metropolitan areas.
Lilium is modifying the design of its electric air taxi, building a third demonstrator to accelerate flight testing and partnering with NetJets to offer the vertical takeoff Lilium Jet for private and business aviation.
