By Philip Butterworth-Hayes As the concrete for the foundations of the USA’s first vertiports is being poured into the ground, advanced air mobility companies – including
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Category: Urban air mobility
“Two vertiports under construction in Florida” – Governor Ron DeSantis
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced on October 16 that the construction of the first of two AAM vertiports is officially underway at the Florida Department
Read moreSaudi Arabia “on course” for first EHang 216 commercial trial flights in November
Saudi Arabia is on course to introduce the first advanced air mobility test flights as early as November 2025 following the September 25 announcement of
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Matternet deliveries to launch in Los Angeles suburb
Matternet is partnering with Dave’s Hot Chicken to launch a drone delivery pilot in Northridge, a suburb of Los Angeles. The partnership builds on Matternet’s
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Skyports and partners launch Oxford-Cambridge AAM corridor to trial UK eVTOL services
Skyports Infrastructure in partnership with an all-British consortium of aviation companies, has launched the “OxCam AAM Corridor” demonstrator, which looks to test and exhibit the
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Hanzhong “starts test flights of an EHang EH-216-based tourism service”
The Weixin news agency site reports that on the morning of October 1, 2025, the signing ceremony of the low-altitude cultural and tourism cooperation project in Hanzhong
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Upstate New York to host vertiport network to connect rural communities
Landings, a developer of infrastructure for heavy-lift drones, air taxis, and electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, today announced a partnership with twelve Upstate
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“AAM could generate nearly USD40 billion in income for Kansas by 2050” – new study
Kansas has published its “Advanced Air Mobility Strategy,” assessing the impact of AAM cargo and passenger operations throughout the state. The strategy looks at the
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EUROCAE invites comments on UAS communications standards
EUROCAE has published a new draft document prepared by its working group on uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) known as WG-105. ED-340: Minimum Operational Performance Standard
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UK CAA outlines regulatory plan for 2028 eVTOL commercial operations
The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has published its Delivery Model which sets out the CAA’s approach to establishing a regulatory framework enabling safe commercial
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