Sora Aviation secures 20 aircraft pre-order from Korea’s Moviation

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Yves Le Marquand

10 Mar 25

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UK-based eVTOL developer Sora Aviation has secured a pre-order for 20 aircraft from Korean helicopter operator Moviation. The deal for Sora’s 30-seat S-1 eVTOL aircraft…

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Clearing general aviation’s paper jam

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Yves Le Marquand

7 Mar 25

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It is a surprisingly warm Monday afternoon for early March in Surrey, the county immediately south of London, UK. The early spring sun glints off…

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Building the backbone of electric flight

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Yves Le Marquand

3 Mar 25

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You will likely have heard of Beta Technologies, but probably not Aerovolt. That said, the unofficial mantra the two companies live by is very similar…

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Avooma and The AirCraft Company to assess regional routes in UK and Europe

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Yves Le Marquand

6 Feb 25

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Startup carrier Avooma Airlines has partnered with The AirCraft Company to explore using its hybrid-electric aircraft on regional routes across the UK, Ireland and Europe. …

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Analysis: Vertical share issuance is best short-term raising option

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Yves Le Marquand

27 Jan 25

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Vertical Aerospace’s share issuance is another one to add to the trend of raising follow-on capital we’ve seen from some of the publicly traded eVTOL…

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Vertical flies first piloted thrustborne tests in eVTOL

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Yves Le Marquand

8 Jan 25

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Vertical Aerospace has successfully completed a first set of piloted thrustborne flight manoeuvres in its eVTOL aircraft. The milestone means Vertical’s VX4 aircraft has now…

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Verticals partners with Monolith to accelerate testing

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Yves Le Marquand

7 Jan 25

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Vertical Aerospace has began working with artificial intelligence (AI) software provider Monolith to increase its eVTOL testing and simulation programme efficiency. Flight and ground tests…

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Skyports breaks ground on UK vertiport development

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Yves Le Marquand

13 Dec 24

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Skyports Infrastructure and Bicester Motion have broken ground on the UK’s first vertiport testbed development. The vertiport is under construction on a plot of 0.42…

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Vertical Aerospace announces $50m funding from Mudrick Capital

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Yves Le Marquand

25 Nov 24

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Vertical Aerospace has announced $50m in new funding as part of a transaction worth $180m with Mudrick Capital. The signing of a non-binding term sheet…

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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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H3 Dynamics and Qdot Technology working on long-range zero-emissions cargo UAV

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Yves Le Marquand

18 Sep 24

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Qdot, a spin-off from Oxford University’s Thermofluids Institute, and French hydrogen specialist, H3 Dynamics are developing a long-range, zero emissions cargo UAV. The aircraft will…

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Scottish National Investment Bank invests £20m in ZeroAvia

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Yves Le Marquand

16 Sep 24

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ZeroAvia has received an extra £20m ($26m) from Scottish National Investment Bank to bring its Series C financing to a total of £114m ($150m).  This is…

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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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EasyJet partners with blended-wing startup JetZero

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Yves Le Marquand

5 Sep 24

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EasyJet has partnered with JetZero to provide assistance in developing hydrogen propulsion systems for the US startup’s blended-wing body aircraft.  The airline will also join…

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Loganair to integrate Heart Aerospace aircraft into network

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Yves Le Marquand

4 Sep 24

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UK-based regional airline Loganair has partnered with Heart Aerospace to find use cases for the Swedish developer’s aircraft in the carrier’s route network.  Loganair, headquartered…

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