Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
SkyDrive and Osaka Metro Co. have announced four planned vertiport locations for the SD-05 eVTOL aircraft within the greater Osaka area.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Guangzhou-based GAC unveiled the single-seat drive/fly Gove in January 2023.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Market leaders are gradually ramping up production as focus shifts to the manufacture of type-conforming aircraft for use in certification flight testing.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Clean Aviation is studying different approaches to hybridizing regional aircraft to reduce fuel burn and emissions.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
Funding totals for AAM startups as of Dec. 2024.
AWIN Knowledge Center

Aviation Week Staff
The AAM Reality Index ranks startups based on their likelihood of bringing an AAM aircraft to market.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Chen Chuanren
KRW40 billion ($27.8 million) was invested in the facility and the designing of the center in 2022.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker has announced his intention to depart the agency at the end of President Joe Biden’s term.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
AFWERX does not have any specific requirements, a program of record, or impending contracts for hybrid eVTOLs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
The AAM Reality Index evaluates companies’ likelihood of success in bringing an advanced air mobility aircraft to market.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Joby has completed its first series of flight tests as part of South Korea’s K-UAM Grand Challenge.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
While air taxi frontrunners Joby and Archer plan to operate their own airlines in the U.S., a small handful of operators are eager to get in on the action as soon as possible.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Spain’s Crisalion continues to make slow but steady progress toward development of its Integrity multiprop eVTOL.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Germany aims to establish itself as a leading location for development and operation of drones and e-taxis. Australia also has issued an AAM strategy.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey, Sean Broderick
FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker has informed the agency’s workforce that he will step down from his position four years early on Jan. 20, 2025.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
Archer Aviation and Anduril Industries have signed a “strategic partnership” to develop “next-generation aircraft” for defense applications.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Electric aircraft developer Beta Technologies and Bristow Group’s Norwegian subsidiary have signed a letter of intent to conduct trial cargo flights in 2025.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
California startup Traverse Aero has launched a fundraising round to build and fly a full-scale demonstrator of its hybrid-electric VTOL Orca.
Advanced Air Mobility Departments

By Bill Carey
Signature Aviation and Eve Air Mobility have signed an agreement to jointly study requirements for advanced air mobility ground operations.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Aviation Week Staff
A ranking of different AAM vertiport startups according to SMG Consulting.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Ben Goldstein
The latest news of products and services in the Advanced Air Mobility industry.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Air New Zealand is to lease an electric CX300 Alia CTOL aircraft from Beta Technologies next year for in-country familiarization ahead of all-cargo operation.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Chinese startup Zero Gravity Aircraft Industry has raised more than ¥100 million ($13.8 million) in a Series A+ financing round.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Joby and Jetex have formed a strategic partnership to integrate Joby’s S4 electric air taxis into Jetex facilities at major UAE airports.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Aionics is seeking to replicate the AI approach for developing new and custom battery cell chemistries targeted at specific uses, including EVs and aviation.
Emerging Technologies