Breaking: Lilium and Luxaviation Group to partner on airline operations news Alasdair Whyte 20 May 21 0 Lilium and business aviation operator Luxaviation Group have announced plans to launch airline operations in Europe. Read more
Skyports to accelerate AAM infrastructure in Japan news Alasdair Whyte 20 May 21 0 Skyports has been accepted as one of five organisations to contribute eVTOL expertise to the Osaka Smart City. Following a joint submission with Tokyo based… Read more
Revolution.Aero Uplift: VoltAero and KinectAir partnership takes flight news Alasdair Whyte 19 May 21 0 When an ex-Airbus chief technical officer decides to build an electric conventional take-off and landing plane, expected to be in production by 2023, other aviators… Read more
Revolution.Aero Uplift: SPACs – ‘It pays to know the runners and riders’ news Alasdair Whyte 13 May 21 0 “It’s a horse race but it’s going to be exciting and fun.” The comment from Kirsten Bartok Touw, AirFinance, founder and managing partner, captured the… Read more
Eve, Joby Aviation and Wisk are founding members of AAM Roundtable news Alasdair Whyte 6 May 21 0 Eve Air Mobility, Hyundai UAM, Joby Aviation, Lilium and Wisk are some of the founding members of a new Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Roundtable, formed… Read more
Revolution.Aero Uplift: Leveraging legacy DNA news Alasdair Whyte 6 May 21 0 "With great power comes great responsibility" is not just a quote popularised by a superhero franchise (originally penned by Voltaire). Just ask the aviation original… Read more
Former Boeing and easyJet executives join Faradair news Alasdair Whyte 29 Apr 21 0 Randy Tinseth and Tony Anderson have joined UK-based regional aviation start-up, Faradair. They will help the company in the development of its Bio Electric Hybrid… Read more
Universal Hydrogen secures $20.5m in Series A news Alasdair Whyte 29 Apr 21 0 Universal Hydrogen has closed a Series A funding round at $20.5m. It was led by Silicon Valley venture fund, Playground Global, with the investor syndicate… Read more
Revolution.Aero Uplift: Protect intellectual property and beware ‘patent trolls’ news Alasdair Whyte 28 Apr 21 0 Implementing a strategy to protect intellectual property (IP), including guarding against ‘patent trolls’, was the advice to delegates at Revolution.Aero’s Town Hall Special meeting. Three… Read more
Skyports signs MoU with Kenya Airways to bring UAV operations news Alasdair Whyte 27 Apr 21 0 Skyports has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with airline Kenya Airways, to collaborate on launching permanent unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations in the country.… Read more
ANA Holdings and Wingcopter to set up drone delivery network in Japan news Alasdair Whyte 26 Apr 21 0 Air Japan parent company, ANA HOLDINGS INC., will partner with German drone manufacturer, Wingcopter, to set up a nationwide drone delivery network in Japan. The… Read more
Bye Aerospace announced eFlyer 800 to compete with King Air news Alasdair Whyte 23 Apr 21 0 Bye Aerospace has announced an eight-seat all-electric twin turbo-prop aircraft, the eFlyer 800, to compete with existing turboprops such as the nine-seater King Air. However,… Read more
Skyports signs MOU with Kanematsu Corporation news Alasdair Whyte 21 Apr 21 0 Vertiport developer Skyports and major Japanese trading company Kanematsu Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to expand their collaboration. Read more
Sees.ai granted permission for trial BVLOS operations news Alasdair Whyte 20 Apr 21 0 Drone command and control solution developer, sees.ai, has become the first company in the UK to secure authorisation from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to… Read more
Blade partners with BETA Technologies and Jet Linx news Alasdair Whyte 14 Apr 21 0 Blade Urban Air Mobility announced a binding agreement to secure up to 20 BETA Technologies ALIA Electric Vertical Aircraft (EVA) for purchase by Blade operators… Read more