Volocopter files for insolvency as search for investment continues

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Yves Le Marquand

2 Jan 25

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Volocopter has started insolvency proceedings as it continues to look for further investment to fund its eVTOL programme.  The German eVTOL developer announced on Monday…

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Volocopter appoints ex-Lilium CFO as certification slips to 2025

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Yves Le Marquand

19 Nov 24

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Volocopter has appointed Oliver Vogelgesang as its chief financial officer as the firm repositions its certification expectations to next year. Effective immediately, Vogelgesang (pictured right)…

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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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Volocopter conducts validation flight in Paris

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Yves Le Marquand

9 Aug 24

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Volocopter has begun crewed validation test flights at the Aerodrome of Saint-Cyr-l’École, just outside Versailles, France.  Conducted on August 8th, the flight marks the beginning…

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Volocopter capital needs intensify following loan option stall

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Yves Le Marquand

29 Apr 24

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Volocopter’s CEO, Dirk Hoke has said the company could be forced to look at insolvency options “in the foreseeable future”, according to German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. The…

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Paris city councillors oppose air taxi service plans

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Yves Le Marquand

17 Nov 23

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Plans to integrate air tax services into a public transport system for the first time have been unanimously opposed by Paris city councillors.  Aéroports de…

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Volocopter reveals first public routes for Paris Olympics

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Yves Le Marquand

20 Jun 23

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Volocopter and Groupe ADP have revealed the first eVTOL routes open to the public which will be operational in time for the Paris Olympics in…

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ADAC Luftrettung and Volocopter to outfit eVTOLs for rescue operations

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Yves Le Marquand

19 Jun 23

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ADAC Luftrettung and Volocopter have signed off on two agreements to customise VoloCity eVTOLs for rescue services.  The agreements, signed at the Paris Air Show,…

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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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Une porte verte pour AAM?

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Yves Le Marquand

16 Nov 22

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Last week Skyports, Volocopter and Groupe ADP cut the ribbon on Europe’s first vertiport, and the door to green urban air mobility appeared to open…

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Skyports and Volocopter inaugurate Europe’s first vertiport terminal

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Yves Le Marquand

11 Nov 22

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Skyports and Volocopter in partnership with Groupe ADP have launched Europe’s first “fully integrated” vertiport terminal for UAM. The AAM sandbox located at Pontoise-Cormeilles airfield,…

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To certification and beyond: Volocopter raises a further $182m

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Yves Le Marquand

1 Nov 22

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Volocopter has raised an additional $182m from the second signing of its Series E funding round.  This latest capital raise will carry the company beyond…

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