AIR CEO envisions future featuring people flying personal eVTOL vehicles By Jim Magill From George Jetson to Prof. Brown in the Back to the Future movies, the dream of owning one’s own flying car has captured the public imagination. However, in recent years, planners envisioning urban air mobility solutions have focused largely on the creation of fleets of air taxis. … [Read more...] about Personal eVTOL Vehicles: AIR CEO Believes in the Flying Cars of the Future
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Urban Air Mobility in Korea: Volocopter Conducts First Crewed Public Air Taxi Flight
Urban air mobility in Korea takes flight: Volocopter Conducts South Korea’s First Crewed Public Air Taxi Test Flight by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Volocopter, the German leader in urban air mobility (UAM), has concluded the first test flight of its 2X aircraft in Seoul, South Korea. The event marked the first ever crewed public test flight of a fully electric … [Read more...] about Urban Air Mobility in Korea: Volocopter Conducts First Crewed Public Air Taxi Flight
Air Taxi Infrastructure: Skyportz Announces First Australian Air Taxi Hub Will Serve Brisbane Olympics
Skyportz Announces First Australian Air Taxi Hub to Service Brisbane Olympics by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Today at the Air Taxi World Congress in London, Skyportz announced that their first Australian infrastructure for air taxis will be built at the Australian Advanced Manufacturing Centre of Excellence in Moreton Bay, Brisbane, Australia in … [Read more...] about Air Taxi Infrastructure: Skyportz Announces First Australian Air Taxi Hub Will Serve Brisbane Olympics
Air Taxis, Vertiports, and More: City of Orlando Leading the U.S. Towards Advanced Air Mobility
Orlando Partners with VHB and NASA to Lead Nation in Advancing Air Mobility The City of Orlando is looking to become a national leader in innovating on air mobility options, including emerging electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) technologies and “vertiports for air taxis.” by Ian M. Crosby “As transportation options continue to evolve over time, the … [Read more...] about Air Taxis, Vertiports, and More: City of Orlando Leading the U.S. Towards Advanced Air Mobility
Volocopter Funding: €200 Million in Series D
The appetite for investment in the air taxi or urban air mobility sector continues to grow, as new Volocopter funding indicates. Volocopter, one of the first working air taxis - and the only company to receive Design Organization Approval (DOA) by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) - has announced a €200 million (about $240 million) Series D funding round, … [Read more...] about Volocopter Funding: €200 Million in Series D
