Advanced Air Mobility

U.S. startup Surf Air Mobility has signed on another African operator to its backlog of carriers awaiting electric conversions of their Cessna Caravan fleets.

Wing has introduced a larger delivery drone, sized to fulfill larger orders.

FBO Atlantic Aviation has signed agreements with Archer and Joby Aviation to install electric aircraft charging sites at a handful of its airport terminals.

Canadian advanced air mobility startup Horizon Aircraft has gone public through a merger with a blank check company.

A European research project to evaluate distributed electric propulsion using a subscale flight demonstrator is back up and running.

Skyports Drone Services has completed a series of test flights aimed at inspecting and monitoring the quality of river and coastal waterways in the UK.

The Hawai’i Seaglider Initiative has been launched to advocate for the adoption of electric wing-in-ground-effect vehicles.

Hydrogen-electric propulsion startup ZeroAvia has signed an MOU with Verne to evaluate the use of cryo-compressed hydrogen storage on aircraft.

Japanese eVTOL startup SkyDrive has secured additional Series C funding through a third-party allotment of new shares to existing investor Suzuki Motor.

The AAM Stock Composite fell by roughly 4% in the week ending Jan. 12, building on a weak start to 2024.

Supernal has good reason to be confident.

The U.S. Air Force has an interest in exploring small eVTOLs with light payloads between 400 and 500 lb., as well as even smaller aircraft with payloads of 100-250 lb.

XPeng AeroHT plans to start making its “Land Aircraft Carrier:” an electric, off-road SUV that carries a two-passenger personal eVTOL aircraft in its trunk.

Lilium has announced a partnership with airport operator Fraport aimed at defining requirements for a network of vertiports across Germany and nearby countries.

Hyundai-backed Supernal unveiled the latest update to its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft concept at CES 2024.

California-based advanced air mobility startup Pivotal has begun selling its single-seat Helix personal eVTOL vehicle to U.S. customers.

Odys Aviation has partnered with Dubai-based Aramex to develop uncrewed cargo aircraft operations in the UAE, Oman and elsewhere in the Middle East.

They plan to install Beta charging stations at four airport locations across the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts, the companies announced on Jan. 9.

Ampaire CEO Kevin Noertker says a half-size version of its flagship product—the AMP-H270—is poised to hike performance of smaller general aviation aircraft.

The AAM Stock Composite had a rocky start to the new year, slumping nearly 9% across the first four trading days of 2024.

Announced on Jan. 8, the agreement calls for Clay Lacy to build an electrical infrastructure to support Joby’s Global Electric Aviation Charging System (GEACS).

David Shilliday, general manager of Honeywell’s AAM division, sat down with the AAM Report to share his thoughts on the rapidly evolving industry.

Surf Air Mobility has announced a new partnership with Kenyan carriers Safarilink and Yellow Wings to electrify their Cessna Caravan fleets by 2027.

Beta Technologies has risen to claim the top ranking in the latest edition of the AAM Infrastructure Reality Index.

U.S. battery startup SES AI is targeting the urban air mobility market with its lithium-metal cells.