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US local authorities start cautiously considering how to integrate drones into their communities

July 1, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Urban air mobility

By Rob Hoffman In the USA the Federal Aviation Administration controls the skies from 400 ft above ground level – underneath, it’s up to the

Airbus, Groupe ADP and partners plan Paris urban air mobility service for 2024 Olympics

June 18, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Urban air mobility

Airbus, Groupe ADP and the RATP Group, along with the Paris Ile-de-France region and the French civil aviation authority (DGAC), have announced the launch of

Uber chooses Melbourne as international UAM city – “Sydney and others will follow soon”

June 12, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Urban air mobility

The third Uber Air market city – after Los Angeles and Dallas and the first outside the USA – has been nominated as Melbourne, Australia.

Deloitte to write urban air mobility concept of operations for NASA

June 10, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Urban air mobility

Deloitte has announced today that it has earned a contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop a Concept of Operations (ConOps)

“I am 100% confident there is going to be a major revolution with VTOLs in this city” – Clem Newton-Brown of Melbourne’s Skyportz

June 3, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Urban air mobility

By Michael Doran In the race to get the world’s first passenger-vehicle urban air mobility service into operation Uber Air is one of the leading

EmbraerX launches blueprint for urban air mobility traffic management system

May 28, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Urban air mobility

Brazil’s EmbraerX has launched its concept for an urban air mobility UTM system. Flight Plan 2030 describes a Urban ATM solution that will enable the UAM

Skyports, Volocopter to build first mobile air taxi hub in Singapore later this year

May 23, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Urban air mobility

Skyports and Volocopter have announced a cooperation to build the first mobile Volo-Port – a landing pads for eVTOL (electric take-off and landing) air txis.

Wing to start Helsinki food deliveries by drone in next few weeks

May 21, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Urban air mobility

Wing reports that in the coming weeks it will begin delivering goods to residents of Helsinki, Finland, as part of a pilot project the company

How Wing won the right to deliver fresh food in Canberra

May 13, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Urban air mobility

By Michael Doran Australians spend around AUD2.6 billion (UKP1.4 billion) each year on delivered meals and place 68 million online food orders. The ordering process

Hamburg to invest EUR850,000 in urban air mobility projects

May 9, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Urban air mobility

The City of Hamburg is significantly expanding its activities supporting the development of urban air mobility and the civilian use of drones. Senator Michael Westhagemann,