Archer has signed a partnership pact with key Abu Dhabi stakeholders in related to plans to launch service, train pilots and manufacture electric air taxis.
While AAM will get its start using existing heliports and private terminals at airports, dedicated vertiport infrastructure is beginning to take shape.
When it comes to speed and payload, there is a large gap in the transport network between the capacities of fixed-wing aircraft and ships, trucks and trains.
Infrastructure startup Urban-Air Port believes use of its Vertical Airfield concept could help unlock new efficiency for the advanced air mobility industry.
Skyports Infrastructure and the government of Ras Al Khaimah have agreed to develop a vertiport network to facilitate air-taxi services beginning in 2027.
Australian vertiport startup boss Skyportz has been working to assemble the elements needed to enable an advanced air mobility (AAM) ecosystem in its home country.
A vertiport network linking attractions across Rome is the first element of a vision to build out networks across Southern Europe and eventually elsewhere.
Dubai has emerged as one of the early major markets for urban air mobility, including plans to serve as a key international launch market for Joby Aviation.
Honeywell and Pipistrel have demonstrated a ground control station for drones as they work to prepare the Nuuva 300 uncrewed cargo aircraft for flight testing.
Dubai’s ambition to build out one of its two international airport into an aerospace and logistics mega-hub includes a component focused on business aviation.
