4-Apr-2024Source: UrbanV
UrbanV, a pioneering Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) company, has chosen Euthalia as its supplier of equipment for protection from direct and indirect lightning strikes and surges. The incorporation of Antimpatto® Technology within Euthalia Lightning Protection Systems, acting as a preventive measure, ensures comprehensive coverage of protected areas. This guarantees uninterrupted service, prevents damage to electrical... Read more
14-Dec-2023Source: Joby Aviation
Joby Aviation, Inc. (NYSE:JOBY), a company developing an all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for commercial passenger service, announced it has partnered with ANA Holdings Inc. (“ANA HD”) and Nomura Real Estate Development Co. Ltd. (“NRE”), one of Japan’s largest real estate developers, on the development of take-off and landing infrastructure, known as vertiports,... Read more
30-Jun-2023Source: Ferrovial
Ferrovial, through its Airports division, has partnered with Milligan to identify and develop sites to launch urban air mobility operations in the United Kingdom. The collaboration will advance the company’s plan to design, build and operate vertiports in this strategic market. Through this collaboration, the partners will identify demand-rich locations, select potential sites, and carry out assessment criteria to determine the... Read more
7-Jun-2023Source: VPorts
VPorts, the world leader in the design, construction and operation of advanced air mobility (AAM) infrastructure, has initiated the certification process for its vertiports as part of the world’s first AAM integrator centre at the Mohammed bin Rashid Aerospace Hub (MBRAH) in Dubai South. Construction of the vertiports will start in 2024. “We are extremely... Read more
22-May-2023Source: Ferrovial Vertiports
Ferrovial Vertiports, a division of Ferrovial Airports, has appointed Kirk Hotelling as Senior Vice President of real estate and development, reporting to Ferrovial Vertiports CEO Kevin Cox. In this role, Hotelling will lead global site selection, negotiations and construction for the development of the company’s planned vertiport networks. He will be based at Ferrovial Vertiports... Read more
24-Mar-2023Source: Eve Air Mobility
Eve Air Mobility (“Eve”) (NYSE: EVEX; EVEXW) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Ferrovial Vertiports, a subsidiary of leading global infrastructure operator Ferrovial, to explore the use of Eve’s Urban Air Traffic Management (Urban ATM) software solution to support the safe and reliable operation of vertiports and electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL)... Read more
15-Mar-2023Source: Volocopter
Volocopter, the pioneer of urban air mobility (UAM), and SITA, the world’s leading IT provider to the air transport industry, have entered a partnership, with SITA selected as Volocopter’s preferred digital and IT systems partner for vertiports. Under the agreement, SITA has become the latest investor to join Volocopter’s Series E funding round, cementing the... Read more
8-Feb-2023Source: Volatus
Volatus Infrastructure, LLC has signed an agreement with Bellefonte Airport located in Pennsylvania. Volatus will build a public use FAA-compliant electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vertiport with up to eight landing pads including a charging station at each pad. The vertiport is expected to be operational later this year. Volatus has a modular designed... Read more
9-Sep-2022Source: VPorts
VPorts, a Quebec-based world leader in the design, construction and operation of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) infrastructure, announced today that it will create Quebec’s first regional electric AAM vertiport network. By 2030, the network will extend to all major Quebec regions, providing a sustainable transportation solution via electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. ”We are excited to... Read more
30-Aug-2022Source: ASTM
A new ASTM International standard supports the design of civil vertiports and vertistops. The standard (F3423) is the result of a five-year effort by ASTM’s unmanned aircraft systems committee (F38). A vertiport is a section of land, water, or structure intended for either manned or unmanned vertical takeoff and landing of aircraft, along with... Read more
22-Jul-2022Source: Urban-Air Port
Urban-Air Port (UAP), the British start-up leading the charge in the design and manufacture of vertiports for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) have announced the latest addition to their world-class partner ecosystem: Skyroads, a Germany based technology company who are developing automated airspace management and guidance systems. With UAP building the essential infrastructure and OEMs... Read more
6-Jul-2022Source: Leonardo
At the World ATM Congress that recently ended in Madrid, Leonardo and Aeroporti di Roma (AdR) announced a partnership to equip vertiports with innovative technological solutions to benefit future air mobility. As a world leader in air traffic control (ATC) technologies and solutions for Air Traffic Control (ATC) and airport management, Leonardo has long been involved... Read more
19-Apr-2022Source: Wisk
Wisk Aero, a leading Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) company and developer of the first all-electric, self-flying air taxi in the US, and Skyports, the world-leading designer, developer, and operator of vertiports (landing sites for eVTOL aircraft), are partnering to integrate autonomous, electric, vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft operations at vertiports and other ground-based infrastructure.... Read more
14-Apr-2022Source: DIFCO
DIFCO, Inc.® of Davenport, IA, initiated construction on America’s first electric Vertical Take Off and Landing (eVTOL) vertiport facility in Rock Island, Illinois. Officially named; The Corporal Jason G. Pautsch Vertiport, the site is located centrally within the four Quad Cities metropolitan area and will include corporate hangar facilities for lease, refueling services, an executive... Read more
13-Apr-2022Source: EASA
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency published the world’s first guidance for the design of vertiports, the ground infrastructure needed for the safe operation of Urban Air Mobility services such as air taxis in locations across Europe, including in urban areas. The Prototype Technical Design Specifications for Vertiports offers guidance to urban planners and local... Read more
29-Nov-2021Source: Skyports
Skyports, the world-leading designer, developer, and operator of vertiports (landing sites for eVTOL aircraft) is developing Europe’s first test vertiport in France, as a significant step towards launching commercial Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) services in time for the 2024 Paris Olympics. The programme is part of the Re.Invent Air Mobility initiative led by French airport... Read more
19-Nov-2021Source: Skyports
Skyports, the world’s leading vertiport designer, builder and operator, and LAZ Parking, one of the largest parking companies in the United States, announced a partnership agreement today to develop and deploy vertiports for electric air taxis in Los Angeles. Vertiports are dedicated sites that enable take-off, landing and recharging of the electric aircraft. Through the... Read more
21-Oct-2021Source: Skyports
Skyports, the world-leading vertiport owner and operator and SEA Milan Airports one of the main airport operators in Europe, have recently signed a partnership agreement to investigate the development and operation of a network of vertiports across Italy. Starting with Milan, where SEA manages Milan Malpensa and Milan Linate airports, the partnership will enable Skyports... Read more
