By Philip Butterworth-Hayes The launch today of the Jiangmen Low-Altitude Tourism Town project (including an order for 100 Xpeng Aerhot eVTOLs) and the Taiyuan City
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Category: Urban air mobility
Seaplanes, eVTOLs and drones – Europe’s Di-Pegasus project researching UAM integration
The European research Di-Pegasus, led by EuroUSC Italia, is to test new technologies capable of flying and managing drone and eVTOL fleets. It is also
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EASA publishes completed package of advanced air mobility regulations
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has released its finalised package of Innovative Air Mobility regulations, comprising “a comprehensive set of requirements for piloted electric
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“Efficient route planning key to urban airspace management planning” – SIAM cluster
Efficient routes that minimize environmental impact and improve urban mobility are one of the core requirements of an integrated urban air mobility traffic management system,
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Multi constellation GNSS signals will be needed for UAM services – new EU research
Urban environments significantly impact satellite availability; using multi-constellation (GPS and Galileo) was shown to improve both availability and dilution of precision (DOP) in such degraded
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HighLander launches 3D version of Vega UTM for complex, urban airspace flight planning
HighLander reports that its Vega UTM airspace planning and management tool now comes in three dimensions, “providing immersive visualization for better understanding of complex airspaces,”
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Malaga airport “to trial Lilium flights to Marbella and Granada, starting in 2025”
The SurinEnglish news website reports that Malaga airport will start test flights with Lilium eVTOLs in 2025. Air navigation service provider ENAIRE and Crida, its R+D
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Qatari Ministry of Transport to start eVTOL trials next year
The Qatar Ministry of Transport has announced it plans test the services of the electric air taxi and electric delivery aircraft in early 2025. According
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Skyports Infrastructure and GCAA partner to enable eVTOL, helicopter joint operations
Skyports Infrastructure has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to collaborate on the enablement of hybrid operations of eVTOL and
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LYNEports launches airspace/ground vertiport integration planning tool
LYNEports has announced the launch of its advanced air mobility planning solution that enables ground and airspace integration of eVTOLs and drones. According to the
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