4-Mar-2024Source: Skyportz
Skyportz has welcomed one of the world’s leading town planning experts, Mike Day, to assist with vertiport site selection for the emerging electric air taxi industry. Mike’s role will be the vertiport network strategic property and place advisor. Mike is a principal of Hatch, a global firm dedicated to helping public and private sector clients... Read more
6-Feb-2024Source: Skyportz
Skyportz has welcomed one of the world’s leading researchers on turbulence modelling, Dr Abdulghani Mohamed, to assist with vertiport site selection for the emerging electric air taxi industry. Dr Mohamed was the Australian Scientist of the Year (2021) and Engineering Professional of the Year (2022) and is recognised for his research in enhancing the resilience... Read more
25-Jan-2024Source: UK CAA
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has launched a consultation on design proposals for vertiports at existing aerodromes, paving the way for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft operations in the United Kingdom. Vertiports are sites used for the arrival, departure, and surface movement of VTOL aircraft. With hundreds of airfields dotted across the UK, a... Read more
20-Dec-2023Source: ANRA Technologies
ANRA Technologies, a global leader in uncrewed vehicle mission management and operations solutions, and NAVOS Air, an Instrument Flight Procedure Products and Services company, today announced a collaboration to incorporate flightpath procedures into ANRA’s Vertiport Management Service for Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) aircraft operations for Urban Air Mobility. This joint undertaking combines first-of-its-kind services and... Read more
18-Dec-2023Source: Volatus Infrastructure
Volatus Infrastructure & Energy Solutions has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ResilienX to collaborate on their electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vertiport project at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. VI&E Solutions aims to engage ResilienX in providing their FRAIHMWORK® solution as an in-time aviation safety management system (IASMS) capability. “As a... Read more
30-Nov-2023Source: Urban-Air Port
Urban-Air Port® (UAP) released details of its pioneering collaboration with Micro Nav, global leaders in simulation of air traffic management and airspace operations. This partnership will allow UAP to precisely demonstrate the functionality of their Next-Gen AirOne vertiport, showing how it can be successfully integrated in real-time with flight schedules and aviation operations to help... Read more
16-Nov-2023Source: ANRA Technologies
ANRA Technologies, a global leader in uncrewed vehicle mission management and operations solutions, announced its Vertiport Management System (VMS) at the Dubai Air Show. This groundbreaking platform marks a significant milestone in managing Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) Urban Air Mobility (UAM) aircraft operations at vertiport facilities. As the UAM landscape evolves, ANRA addresses a... Read more
15-Nov-2023Source: Eve Air Mobility
Eve Air Mobility (“Eve”) (NYSE: EVEX; EVEXW) and Kookiejar, a Swedish-based vertiport developer, have signed a letter of intent (LOI) for Eve’s Urban ATM (Air Traffic Management) system to support vertiport operations in Dubai. The agreement marks Eve’s first Urban ATM agreement in Dubai and Kookiejar becomes the company’s 10th Urban ATM customer and fifth vertiport... Read more
10-Nov-2023Source: Skyportz
Skyportz has released its latest vertiport design which fills a gap in the market for privately owned vertiports for public usage on compact sites. “We have in our stable of designs, a large public vertiport, a smaller public waterfront vertiport and a tiny “Vertiport in Box” for private usage. With this Skyportz Vertistop™ design we... Read more
27-Sep-2023Source: Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation
In a significant milestone for the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) industry, the FAA has issued the first conditional approval for a Vertiport at Allen C. Perkinson Blackstone Army Airfield (KBKT), in Blackstone, Virginia. This action creates a path for the airport to establish the first licensed public-use Vertiport in the state and the nation. NAVOS Air, a... Read more
27-Sep-2023
In a significant milestone for the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) industry, the FAA has issued the first conditional approval for a Vertiport at Allen C. Perkinson Blackstone Army Airfield (KBKT), in Blackstone, Virginia. This action creates a path for the airport to establish the first licensed public-use Vertiport in the state and the nation. NAVOS Air,... Read more
13-Jul-2023Source: Volatus Infrastructure
Volatus Infrastructure, LLC has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with GREENPORT® International Airport and Technology Center to build an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vertiport as part of their planned 5,426-acre phase one development plans. The vertiport will include Volatus’ modularly designed terminal building and landing pad with their vehicle-agnostic charging station. The teams... Read more
6-Jul-2023Source: Skyportz
Australia’s aviation regulator, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority today released Guidelines for Vertiport Design following extensive community and industry consultation. “This is a great step forward for Australia and shows our preparedness to welcome this new industry into Australian skies’, said vertiport infrastructure developer, Clem Newton-Brown from Skyportz. “There is no doubt the aircraft are... Read more
28-Jun-2023Source: Lilium
Electric mobility is taking shape in Italy and the French Riviera. Lilium N.V. (NASDAQ: LILM), developer of the first all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) jet and UrbanV, a leader in vertiport design and management, have announced their partnership for the development of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) infrastructure. The companies’ partnership to develop vertiport infrastructure will enable eVTOL networks... Read more
21-Jun-2023Source: Skyportz
Air taxi infrastructure pioneer, Skyportz today released the design for a revolutionary vertiport to support the rapid deployment of a network of air taxi landing sites globally. These vertiport products are affordable, modular, turn-key solution for smaller property sites wanting to join the Advanced Air Mobility future. Speaking from the Airshow in Paris, Clem Newton-Brown,... Read more
20-Jun-2023Source: PLANA
PLANA, a developer of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) eVTOL aircraft, and Bluenest(by Globalvia), a pioneer of vertiport infrastructure, have announced a strategic partnership at the Paris Air Show 2023. The partnership aims to accelerate the development and commercialization of AAM and vertiport services and infrastructure, creating a global AAM ecosystem. PLANA is developing CP-01, a... Read more
16-Jun-2023Source: SITA
SITA, the leading IT provider to the air transport industry, and UrbanV, the Italian vertiport operator, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop a digital-first passenger experience for UrbanV’s vertiports in Rome due to start operations in 2024. From UrbanV’s test vertiport at Rome’s Fiumicino Airport, both parties will design, test, and refine a... Read more
1-Jun-2023Source: Helicopter Institute
Helicopter Institute is proud to announce our executed lease agreement of the Dallas CBD Vertiport with the city of Dallas. Constructed as the world’s largest urban elevated Heliport/Vertiport, this public-use facility is located in the Central Business District on the south end of the Dallas Convention Center. The Dallas Vertiport has a dual deck, accommodating... Read more
8-May-2023Source: Prudue University
The advanced air mobility sector, which includes electric-powered urban and regional aircraft, may become a $1.5 trillion market by 2040. A new Purdue University-connected startup could benefit airport and vertiport operators and real estate developers looking to establish advanced air mobility technology at existing and potential sites. Purdue University postgraduate students have launched Aerovy Mobility, a startup... Read more
26-Apr-2023Source: Electro.Aero
Skyportz and Electro.Aero today announced a partnership to jointly develop a “vertiport in a box” – an affordable, modular, turn-key solution for smaller property sites wanting to join the Advanced Air Mobility future. Speaking from the Revolution Aero conference in Dublin, Clem Newton-Brown, Skyportz CEO said “The focus in the industry to date has been... Read more
14-Apr-2023Source: Skyportz
Skyway, a leading Urban Air Traffic Management (UATM) operation center and air traffic navigation provider, and Skyportz, a Melbourne company focused on securing access to a range of vertiport development locations, are collaborating in a new partnership to expand the comprehensive infrastructure for Urban Air Mobility (UAM) in Australia. This partnership will bring together Skyway’s... Read more
29-Mar-2023Source: Altaport
Altaport, a leading developer of aerodrome automation systems, announced new partnerships that are key to their ongoing development of an advanced vertiport automation system (VAS). These partnerships enable Altaport to act as a systems integrator for vertiports, combining multiple critical systems into a single modular platform with out-of-the-box capabilities to facilitate safe and efficient handling... Read more
15-Mar-2023Source: VPorts
VPorts, the world leader in the design, construction and operation of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) infrastructure, has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Ras Al-Khaimah (RAK) Airport to build and operate a first vertiport in RAK designed to establish the UAE as a world-class global AAM hub. ‘‘With the support of... Read more
3-Feb-2023Source: Skyway
Skyway and Moonware are proud to announce a strategic partnership to accelerate ground infrastructure readiness for advanced aerial mobility. Skyway offers air traffic navigation and vertiport airspace management services while Moonware offers automated aviation ground operations through its AI-powered software and autonomous ground vehicles. Moonware is a venture-backed startup developing automated solutions for aviation ground operations. Through its... Read more
2-Feb-2023Source: SKYSCAPE
SKYSCAPE Co., Ltd., a Japanese Vertiport Development and Management Company (VDMC), has signed an MOU with Bayards, a Dutch company that specializes in the engineering and designing of tailored aluminium structures and helicopter/evtol landing platforms worldwide, and SafeHub Systems out of the US, which develops mobile passenger check-in terminals, to jointly develop the first generation of SKYSCAPE vertiports in... Read more
30-Jan-2023Source: Vertiport
Siemens and Skyway are working together to determine the electrical and digital infrastructure needed to support vertiport operations. Vertiports are hubs for VTOLs (vertical take-off and landing vehicles) such as air taxis and drones. The scope of collaboration involves both companies researching the energy demands of vertiports and developing sustainable electrical supply, standard charging processes,... Read more
26-Jan-2023Source: AirNova
The eVTOLs are not yet authorized to fly in French airspace, but the vertiport market is already taking off. The Bordeaux-based company Airnova is proposing to create a network of these platforms throughout France, starting with the southwest. For the past four years, Bordeaux-based real estate developer Laurent Mathiolon has been working on a concept... Read more
7-Dec-2022Source: Eve Air Mobility
Eve Air Mobility (“Eve”) (NYSE: EVEX; EVEXW) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Volatus Infrastructure, LLC, to supply a vertiport automation solution that will support traffic management of future electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles. Eve’s Urban Air Traffic Management (“UATM”) software solution will be used to improve the capacity and efficiency... Read more
7-Dec-2022Source: Skyports
Skyports Infrastructure, the market leading Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) infrastructure provider, and Corporación América Airports S.A (CAAP), a leading private airport operator, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to plan the development and deployment of vertiport infrastructure for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) operations. Skyports and Corporación América Airports will combine their distinct... Read more
1-Dec-2022Source: Eve Air Mobility
Eve Air Mobility (“Eve”) (NYSE: EVEX; EVEXW) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Bluenest, a company powered by Globalvia dedicated to innovation in advanced air mobility with a focus on vertiport infrastructure, to supply Eve’s Urban Air Traffic Management (UATM) software solution in support of future Vertiport Automation Systems. As part of the agreement, the companies... Read more
23-Nov-2022Source: CONTRERAS EARL Architecture
Contreras Earl Architecture has unveiled its plans for Australia’s first air taxi vertiport. To be located at Caribbean Park in Melbourne, the vertiport will support the emerging electric air taxi industry, which is expected to revolutionise personal transport. We are working with a great team that includes Skyportz, To70 Aviation and Arup. The terminal is... Read more
14-Nov-2022Source: Volocopter
Groupe ADP, Skyports and Volocopter commissioned Europe’s first fully integrated vertiport terminal for the urban air mobility (UAM) industry at the Groupe ADP, RATP Group and Choose Paris Region-run Re.Invent Air Mobility testbed at Pontoise-Cormeilles airfield. The launch of the terminal represents the start of a new era for urban air mobility, as the facility... Read more
7-Nov-2022Source: Skyway
Skyway Technologies Corp. announces its acquisition of AAiM High Consulting LLC for an undisclosed amount to capture the ever-growing vertiport planning market. AAiM High’s core business of providing key research and development vertiport planning methodologies as a consulting service has brought forth various new and innovative ideas such as the VertiPark (an eVTOL airfield designed... Read more
18-Oct-2022Source: Urban-Air Port
Urban-Air Port’s innovative vertiport technology, Air One, features extensively in a new paper written by Coventry University. This first of a kind study uses human factors research[i] and VR technology to inform the successful design of infrastructure to support future mobility. The Air One vertiport, built in Coventry City Centre in April of this year,... Read more
11-Oct-2022Source: Volocopter
Aeroporti di Roma (ADR), Atlantia, UrbanV, and the pioneer of urban air mobility (UAM), Volocopter, have successfully completed the first crewed eVTOL test flights in Italian airspace. These tests were part of a mobility ecosystem setup at Fiumicino’s Leonardo da Vinci International Airport. This is a key milestone toward the envisioned rollout of advanced air mobility... Read more
11-Oct-2022Source: NBAA
The FAA recently published a new engineering brief offering design guidance for the development of vertiports supporting advanced air mobility (AAM) operations, following extensive collaboration with members of the NBAA AAM Roundtable and other stakeholders in this emerging industry. Engineering Brief (EB) 105, “Vertiport Design,” outlines infrastructure requirements for facilities to be utilized by... Read more
25-Jul-2022Source: NASA
In the coming years and decades, NASA wants to bring new and innovative aviation services to areas across the country, which will likely mean more helicopter-style aircraft in the skies. NASA researchers recently completed a series of tests to help make that vision into a reality: simulating a facility where large volumes of vertical... Read more
