Skyports and Groupe ADP joint venture to operate Manhattan heliport news Yves Le Marquand 10 Dec 24 0 A joint venture between Skyports Infrastructure and Groupe ADP has been named as the new operator of the Downtown Manhattan Heliport. The New York City… Read more
BETA Technologies Series C raises $318m news Yves Le Marquand 1 Nov 24 0 BETA has raised $318m from its Series C funding round led by the Qatar Investment Authority. The Vermont-based electric aircraft developer has now raised more… Read more
Supernal partners with Clay Lacy to prepare FBOs for eVTOL operations news Yves Le Marquand 23 Oct 24 0 Supernal will help Clay Lacy prepare its FBOs for eVTOL aircraft operations through a new partnership announced at NBAA-BACE in Las Vegas. Supernal’s first official… Read more
Atlantic to begin installing aircraft chargers at NYC’s East 34th Street Heliport news Yves Le Marquand 18 Oct 24 0 Atlantic Aviation is set to begin installing charging stations for eVTOL aircraft at East 34th Street Heliport in New York. The project will see Atlantic… Read more
Joint venture formed to create Lombardy vertiport network news Yves Le Marquand 10 Oct 24 0 Skyports Infrastructure has formed a joint venture with the owner of Milan’s airports SEA Milan and an Italian airport infrastructure investment firm controlled by F2i… Read more
Skyportz and Microflite to assess vertiport locations in Melbourne news Yves Le Marquand 4 Oct 24 0 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… Read more
BETA picks up momentum in Florida as three new chargers come online news Yves Le Marquand 19 Sep 24 0 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… Read more
Altaport white paper provides conops for automated vertiport news Yves Le Marquand 9 Sep 24 0 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… Read more
BETA receives $20m ‘public health preparedness’ grant news Yves Le Marquand 4 Sep 24 0 BETA Technologies has been granted a $20m multi-phase contract to work with the US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Administration for Strategic Preparedness and… Read more
PAL-V to build assembly facility at Breda International Airport news Yves Le Marquand 3 Sep 24 0 PAL-V has signed a letter of intent with Forum Group, the owner of Breda International Airport, to construct an assembly and delivery centre at the… Read more
Ampaire opens new headquarters at Long Beach Airport news Yves Le Marquand 28 Aug 24 0 The ribbon has been cut at Ampaire’s new headquarters based at Long Beach Airport in Los Angeles County. The new headquarters will support Ampaire’s team… Read more
Skyports and Wagner partner on vertiport development news Yves Le Marquand 14 Aug 24 0 Skyports Infrastructure has partnered with Australian property investment firm Wagner Corporation to assess vertiport development opportunities in Queensland. The partnership will look at development opportunities in… Read more
Skyportz secures orders for eVTOL vertipad concept news Yves Le Marquand 13 Aug 24 0 Skyportz has secured three orders for more than 1,000 units of its new eVTOL vertipad concept following its announcement at last month’s Farnborough Airshow. The… Read more
‘It takes time to normalise, then all of a sudden it is hard to remember life without it.’ Deep Dive Yves Le Marquand 1 Aug 24 0 Crisalion Mobility’s Manuel Heredia on the firm’s vision for the eVTOL industry and the red flags it faces on its journey to commercialisation. In the… Read more
FIA: Wisk and Skyports look to establish vertiport network in Australia news Yves Le Marquand 22 Jul 24 0 Wisk and Skyports Infrastructure are expanding their partnership to identify an entry-into-service (EIS) network for Wisk’s aircraft in the South East Queensland (SEQ) region of… Read more