Volocopter

By Jens Flottau, Ben Goldstein
Air taxi startups in Europe are in big trouble, calling into question the region’s future position in the growing advanced air mobility industry.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau
Volocopter aims to uphold normal business operations after filing for bankruptcy as it failed to secure additional capital from its existing shareholders.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Europe’s air taxi startups have fallen behind their U.S. rivals, and the gap appears to be growing.
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 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 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 Ben Goldstein
Electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxis have been hailed as a major breakthrough in electric aviation and urban mobility.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Multiple private and public entities across the region have aligned behind the drive to be a leader in advanced air mobility.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Texas-based Lift will license its branded fixed-location recreational eVTOL facilities to Japanese trading giant Marubeni.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Volocopter retained the top slot in the latest edition of the AAM Reality Index.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Embraer spinoff Eve Air Mobility has received a $50 million loan, building on its solid balance sheet as it works to develop and certify its air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau
While the company has made significant progress in development and was nearing first flight of a production-standard aircraft, it has run out of time and money.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau
The advanced air mobility startup has few options left as it urgently seeks fresh funding. A bankruptcy filing has become a more likely scenario.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The 2025 Osaka World Expo has been promoted as an early opportunity for paying passengers to fly on electric air taxis, but this is now in doubt.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Galaxy FBO operates from several airports and heliports in the Houston Area.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Angus Batey
The company’s briefing paper is titled “AAM: A Philosophical Guide For Early Operations.”
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The FAA has issued an update to its interim safety standards for vertiport design.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Vertical Aerospace says it has enough cash to make it into the second quarter (Q2) of 2025.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The phrase “Valley of Death” describes the stage in which startups have begun operations but don’t yet have customers, and therefore revenues.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Volocopter has suffered from delays and financial uncertainty. Its recent board reshuffle moves Chinese investor Geely into a central spot.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
2024 was supposed to be the year that eVTOL air taxis launched services, but by mid-year it was apparent that goal was no longer obtainable.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau
CEO Dirk Hoke will leave Volocopter in February 2025 and Dieter Zetsche, former CEO of Daimler-Benz, has been named Chairman of the AAM startup's Advisory Board
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion