Skyports

By Graham Warwick
Joby’s hybrid eVTOL; maritime drone demonstrations; Tokyo air taxis; and advancing additive manufacturing.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
The UK has launched a series of maritime drone projects aimed at demonstrating the ability to improve sustainability.
Advanced Air Mobility

Jennifer Meszaros
Australia’s Skyportz is launching its vertipad technology in Shenzhen, China.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Carbon-neutral 2070 vision; UK’s future flight projects; Kratos to build Chaparral; Powering data centers.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Shenzhen, China-based AAM infrastructure and energy company Haylion Technologies has announced a strategic collaboration with Skyportz.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Beta’s motors coup; VerdoGo advances hybrid; medical drones deliver in Belgium; charging electric trainer fleets.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Skyports Drone Services has launched a medical delivery trial in Belgium with the drones flying to hospitals controlled from its UK remote operations center.
Advanced Air Mobility

Zaynab Zlitni
Skyports Infrastructure has finished preparing its first UK vertiport for eVTOL operations, located at Bicester Motion in Oxfordshire.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Lindsay Bjerregaard, James Pozzi, Graham Warwick
Manufacturers, maintenance providers and Part 147 schools are setting plans for supporting electric aircraft, engines and ground support equipment.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
Skyports Drone Services has acquired Australian startup Redbird Aero.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Australia has awarded vertiport startup Skyportz a provisional patent for a vertipad design that ameliorates a potential issue with eVTOL aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick, Ben Goldstein, Garrett Reim
The arduous timeline to certify a passenger-carrying eVTOL aircraft has forced some contenders out of the race.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The vertiports were designed in partnership with LODD, an Abu Dhabi-based specialist of drone technology and autonomous aerial logistics.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Without a blueprint, startups plan to start small with existing infrastructure then build out vertiports as volume increases.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
With the first eVTOL air taxis expected to enter into service as soon as this year, industry stakeholders are racing to assemble the pieces for a smooth launch.
Airports & Networks

By Ben Goldstein
Dubbed the Dubai International Vertiport (DVX), the facility is to be the first of a planned network of four vertiports that Skyports will build and operate.
Advanced Air Mobility

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

By Ben Goldstein
Downtown Skyport, backed by Skyports Infrastructure and Groupe ADP, has been selected to operate the Downtown Manhattan Heliport for five years from January.
Advanced Air Mobility

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
The new funds are intended to finance expanded production of Pyka’s autonomous electric fixed-wing aircraft, which come in two variants.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
Wisk Aero has partnered with Houston Airports to support the strategic planning needed to bring autonomous air taxis to the Greater Houston region.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Unified Aviation will provide Skyports with its Modular Environmentally Sustainable Helipads, a pre-fabricated, quick-to-assemble landing platform solution.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Skyportz's reveal comes as Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Agency releases design guidelines for vertiports.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The top-rated company in the AAM Infrastructure Reality Index is London-headquartered Skyports.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
Uncrewed helicopter manufacturer and aerial intelligence company SwissDrones has secured $10 million in Series B funding.
Advanced Air Mobility