25-Mar-2025Source: Skyportz
Australian vertiport developer Skyportz released its innovative vertipad patent that ameliorates downwash and outwash at Avalon International Airshow in Melbourne today. The modular vertipad patent addresses one of the stand-out issues for Advanced Air Mobility in urban locations – amelioration of downwash and outwash. This issue has been highlighted by the FAA in January in their Engineering... Read more
11-Dec-2024Source: Skyportz
Australian vertiport developer Skyportz welcomed the release today of the regulatory roadmap update for Advanced Air Mobility in Australia by safety regulator, CASA. The Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) and Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Strategic Regulatory Roadmap (the Roadmap) is part of the Emerging Technologies Program in Australia. This program focuses on safely and efficiently integrating emerging... Read more
4-Oct-2024Source: Skyportz
The operator of the Melbourne heliport on the Yarra River, Microflite, has called time on its long-term future running helicopters for tourism use cases. In collaboration with Skyportz, they plan to work with the soon to be elected new Lord Mayor and the Victorian government to explore options for new electric air taxi vertiport sites... Read more
9-Aug-2024Source: Skyportz
Following the release of the innovative Skyportz vertipad patent at the Farnborough international Airshow last month, Skyportz has reported three orders totalling in excess of 1000 units to support the emerging air taxi industry. The patented modular vertipad solution addresses a multitude of issues including passenger safety, downwash, outwash, battery fires, power generation, power storage,... Read more
8-Aug-2024Source: Skyportz
Australian vertiport developer Skyportz welcomed the announcement today that the leading electric air taxi, Joby, will apply to certify its aircraft in Australia for commercial operations. Melbourne was tagged for early air taxi operations by Uber Elevate five years ago when it added the city to Dallas and LA for proposed launch services. Joby was... Read more
12-Jul-2024Source: Skyportz
Australian vertiport developer Skyportz welcomed the release of the final Advanced Air Mobility Action Plan for the State of Victoria, Australia. Melbourne was tagged for early air taxi operations by Uber Air five years ago when it added the city to Dallas and LA for proposed launch services. “The Australian Advanced Air Mobility industry has... Read more
3-Jun-2024Source: Skyportz
Australian vertiport developer Skyportz released today images for riverfront vertiport concepts on the Brisbane River at the annual Advanced Air Mobility summit on the Gold Coast. With the Olympic Games set to be hosted by Brisbane in 2032, and strong support from all levels of government to develop Advanced Air Mobility, the region is shaping... Read more
1-May-2024Source: Skyportz
Skyportz has been assembling the pieces of the Advanced Air Mobility puzzle in Australia for the last 5 years. Its focus is on breaking the nexus between aviation and airports and enabling property owners to activate their sites with vertiports. This emerging industry is focused to launch in Dubai and Abu Dhabi with the two... Read more
15-Apr-2024Source: Skyportz
Electric air taxi infrastructure start-up, Skyportz, has announced the establishment of Wilbur Air – as a wholly owned subsidiary to operate electric and hybrid aircraft from its future network of vertiports. Wilbur Air will have priority access to the Skyportz vertiport locations to be developed around the country. A range of aircraft partners will facilitate... Read more
27-Mar-2024Source: Skyportz
The dominant vertiport company in the Australian market, Skyportz has opened an expression of interest for small retail investors to purchase equity in the company. The crowd source funding regime in Australia is regulated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission which requires a detailed Offer document to be prepared and ongoing reporting requirements. “Skyportz... Read more
4-Mar-2024Source: Skyportz
Skyportz has welcomed one of the world’s leading town planning experts, Mike Day, to assist with vertiport site selection for the emerging electric air taxi industry. Mike’s role will be the vertiport network strategic property and place advisor. Mike is a principal of Hatch, a global firm dedicated to helping public and private sector clients... Read more
6-Feb-2024Source: Skyportz
Skyportz has welcomed one of the world’s leading researchers on turbulence modelling, Dr Abdulghani Mohamed, to assist with vertiport site selection for the emerging electric air taxi industry. Dr Mohamed was the Australian Scientist of the Year (2021) and Engineering Professional of the Year (2022) and is recognised for his research in enhancing the resilience... Read more
10-Nov-2023Source: Skyportz
Skyportz has released its latest vertiport design which fills a gap in the market for privately owned vertiports for public usage on compact sites. “We have in our stable of designs, a large public vertiport, a smaller public waterfront vertiport and a tiny “Vertiport in Box” for private usage. With this Skyportz Vertistop™ design we... Read more
6-Jul-2023Source: Skyportz
Australia’s aviation regulator, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority today released Guidelines for Vertiport Design following extensive community and industry consultation. “This is a great step forward for Australia and shows our preparedness to welcome this new industry into Australian skies’, said vertiport infrastructure developer, Clem Newton-Brown from Skyportz. “There is no doubt the aircraft are... Read more
21-Jun-2023Source: Skyportz
Air taxi infrastructure pioneer, Skyportz today released the design for a revolutionary vertiport to support the rapid deployment of a network of air taxi landing sites globally. These vertiport products are affordable, modular, turn-key solution for smaller property sites wanting to join the Advanced Air Mobility future. Speaking from the Airshow in Paris, Clem Newton-Brown,... Read more
26-Apr-2023Source: Electro.Aero
Skyportz and Electro.Aero today announced a partnership to jointly develop a “vertiport in a box” – an affordable, modular, turn-key solution for smaller property sites wanting to join the Advanced Air Mobility future. Speaking from the Revolution Aero conference in Dublin, Clem Newton-Brown, Skyportz CEO said “The focus in the industry to date has been... Read more
14-Apr-2023Source: Skyportz
Skyway, a leading Urban Air Traffic Management (UATM) operation center and air traffic navigation provider, and Skyportz, a Melbourne company focused on securing access to a range of vertiport development locations, are collaborating in a new partnership to expand the comprehensive infrastructure for Urban Air Mobility (UAM) in Australia. This partnership will bring together Skyway’s... Read more
6-Mar-2023Source: Skyportz
Air taxi infrastructure company, Skyportz and property developer Pelligra announced a partnership to explore jointly developing vertiport networks to attract air taxi and drone delivery services to Australia. Speaking at the Avalon Airshow Skyportz CEO, Clem Newton-Brown said this partnership was a significant step forward for this emerging industry in Australia. “We have strong policy... Read more
23-Nov-2022Source: CONTRERAS EARL Architecture
Contreras Earl Architecture has unveiled its plans for Australia’s first air taxi vertiport. To be located at Caribbean Park in Melbourne, the vertiport will support the emerging electric air taxi industry, which is expected to revolutionise personal transport. We are working with a great team that includes Skyportz, To70 Aviation and Arup. The terminal is... Read more
