Lilium CEO hits out at ‘misunderstandings’ over German state bank loans

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Yves Le Marquand

14 Oct 24

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Klaus Roewe, CEO and executive director of German eVTOL developer Lilium, has responded to what he calls “misunderstandings” regarding the firm’s loan from German development…

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Skyportz and Microflite to assess vertiport locations in Melbourne

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Yves Le Marquand

4 Oct 24

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The operator of Melbourne’s heliport Microflite is to work with Skyportz to identify locations for new vertiports around the city.  Microflite has taken the decision…

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Toyota to invest further $500m in Joby

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Yves Le Marquand

2 Oct 24

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Toyota will invest an additional $500m in Joby, bringing total investment from the auto giant to $894m. The investment will be made in the form…

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BETA offers early look at passenger variant

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Yves Le Marquand

30 Sep 24

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BETA has unveiled an early look at the passenger layout of its Alia eVTOL aircraft.  The company is taking a staged approach to passenger aircraft…

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Lilium enters US market with partnerships in Texas

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Yves Le Marquand

30 Sep 24

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Lilium has partnered with Houston-based fixed base operator Galaxy FBO, marking its entry to the US market. The German eVTOL developer plans to operate its…

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Vertical losses rise to $17.1m in first half of 2024

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Fayaz Hussain

20 Sep 24

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Vertical Aerospace announced financial results for the first half of 2024 wherein it reported a net loss of $17.1m, up 45% year-over-year from $11.7m in…

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BETA picks up momentum in Florida as three new chargers come online

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Yves Le Marquand

19 Sep 24

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BETA hosted an event this week at Tallahassee International Airport to “recognise the momentum” being made towards AAM in Florida.  The electric aircraft and infrastructure…

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Eve appoints Megha Bathia as CCO

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Yves Le Marquand

17 Sep 24

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Eve Air Mobility has appointed Megha Bhatia as its new chief commercial officer (CCO).  Working out of the firm’s US headquarters in Melbourne, Florida, Bhatia…

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Vertical completes phase one of piloted testing

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Yves Le Marquand

12 Sep 24

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Vertical Aerospace’s VX4 prototype has completed the first phase of its piloted flight test programme.   Test pilots conducted multiple tethered flights and ground runs, across…

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Joby initiates UAE air operator certification

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Yves Le Marquand

10 Sep 24

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Joby Aviation has begun its Air Operator Certificate application in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The move positions Joby to potentially become the first certified air…

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Altaport white paper provides conops for automated vertiport

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Yves Le Marquand

9 Sep 24

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Altaport and engineering and design multinational, WSP have released a concept of operations (conops) analysing the business requirements of a vertiport automation system (VAS). Identifying conops for…

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Moya Aero publishes footage of first subscale transition flight

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Yves Le Marquand

6 Sep 24

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  Brazilian startup Moya Aero has released footage of the first ever transition flight with its sub-scale tiltbody uncrewed eVTOL aircraft prototype.  The flight, using…

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Volocopter CEO to step down in early 2025

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Yves Le Marquand

6 Sep 24

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Volocopter CEO Dirk Hoke has had his request to step down in February 2025 accepted by the firm’s advisory board. Hoke took over from Florian…

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SkyDrive increases Series C funding to $55m

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Yves Le Marquand

3 Sep 24

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SkyDrive has raised $55m (8bn Japanese yen) across its Series C after securing additional funding through a third-party allocation of new shares. The allocation to…

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XTI Aerospace accelerates development of TriFan 600

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Fayaz Hussain

16 Aug 24

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 XTI Aerospace announced significant progress in the development of its fixed-wing, vertical lift crossover TriFan 600 aircraft. “We continue to advance the development of the…

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