Volocopter opens final assembly line facility in Germany

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Yves Le Marquand

5 Apr 23

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Volocopter yesterday opened the hangar that will host the OEM’s final assembly line in Bruchsal, Germany.  The production facility also includes an airfield to conduct…

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Where do eVTOLs sleep at night?

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Yves Le Marquand

3 Apr 23

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Picture a busy vertiport. Passengers walk out to board electric vertical aircraft happy to be saving hours in travel time. Now imagine the chaos when…

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Skyports Drone Services completes drone delivery PoC in Japan

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Yves Le Marquand

16 Mar 23

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Skyports Drone Services, in partnership with Kaga City and Kanematsu Corporation, has completed a drone delivery proof of concept (PoC). Since 2021 Kanematsu and Kaga…

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UP.Partners: Upheaval in the moving world

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Yves Le Marquand

16 Mar 23

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The idiom ‘it’s darkest before the dawn’ comes to mind when thinking about the future flight sector in 2023.  By no means does the phrase describe…

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Volocopter and SITA partner on vertiport development

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Yves Le Marquand

14 Mar 23

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Volocopter and air transport industry IT provider, SITA have entered a partnership, with SITA selected as Volocopter’s digital and IT systems partner for vertiports.  Under…

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Google company Wing reveals plans for drone delivery network

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Yves Le Marquand

10 Mar 23

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Wing, a subsidiary of Alphabet which owns Google, has unveiled plans for a drone delivery network. According to the firm, the economics of drone delivery…

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Plana and SkyScape to develop Asia’s first international eVTOL route

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Yves Le Marquand

6 Mar 23

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SkyScape and Plana have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) develop Asia’s first eVTOL route between Korea and Japan.  The agreement will see the two…

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Aura Aero gets green light to begin building Toulouse factory

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Yves Le Marquand

3 Mar 23

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Aura Aero has received the go-ahead to begin construction on its new aircraft production facility, at Toulouse-Francazal airport, France. With over 100 orders for its…

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SMG and Saudi Excellence sign MoU to bring AAM to Saudi Arabia

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Yves Le Marquand

24 Feb 23

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SMG Consulting and Saudi Excellence have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore bringing AAM to the Kingdom. Saudi Excellence provides government and enterprise new…

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Joby’s first production-conforming aircraft begins final assembly

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Yves Le Marquand

14 Feb 23

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Joby Aviation has begun final assembly of the first aircraft to be produced at the OEM’s pilot manufacturing facility in Marina, California. In what the…

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Electro.Aero calls for global charging standard

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Yves Le Marquand

3 Feb 23

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Australian electric aviation charger manufacturer, Electro.Aero is calling on the industry to agree to a global standard for charging couplers. For the past four years,…

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Japan Airlines’ innovation fund makes strategic investment in Regent

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Yves Le Marquand

27 Jan 23

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Regent has received a strategic investment from Japan Airlines’ (JAL) Innovation Fund, bringing the total raised by the firm to over $45m.  JAL said its…

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Drone delivery, what’s the E.T.(A)?

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Yves Le Marquand

25 Jan 23

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In the famous 1982 film E.T., the line everyone remembers is “phone home”. Had the film come out a half-century later that line could well be “E.T. drone home”. At…

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Raven SR and H3 Dynamics agree MoU on waste-to-hydrogen systems for airports

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Yves Le Marquand

24 Jan 23

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Raven SR and H3 Dynamics have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly deliver waste-to-hydrogen energy systems for use at airports. H3 Dynamics will provide…

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Hanwha and LG Energy Solution to invest in US battery production for UAM

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Yves Le Marquand

23 Jan 23

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Hanwha Group and LG Energy Solution are to invest in building battery production facilities in the US for UAM applications. The firms hope the joint…

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