Intracity UAM Flights At Least Decade Away, UK Panel Says

An Airbus Corporate Helicopters 130 Aston Martin Edition maneuvers during landing at Battersea Heliport in December 2019. The lack of space for aircraft on the ground is one of the challenges any eVTOL operator wishing to use the site will have to overcome.

Credit: Angus Batey/AWST
LONDON–Even if a handful of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft developers achieve their ambitious certification and delivery goals, integrating the first aircraft into today’s urban airspace environments is going to be a huge challenge. During a March 7 panel session at the...
Angus Batey

Angus Batey has been contributing to various titles within the Aviation Week Network since 2009, reporting on topics ranging from defense and space to business aviation, advanced air mobility and cybersecurity.

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