Air Taxi Voom Ceases Operations (Mostly) Due to COVID-19, Airbus Declares Victory Airbus’ urban air mobility operations company, Voom, has ceased operating, CEO Clément Monnet said in a LinkedIn post, citing the COVID-19 pandemic as its cause…
Air Taxi Should Aerospace Be Scared by Hyundai's Move into Urban Air Mobility? South Korean automaker Hyundai continues to snap up talent for its urban air mobility (UAM) division, hiring Michael Whitaker, former deputy administrator of the Federal…
Air Taxi Lilium Raises $240 Million for Electric Air Taxi Development — ‘At Least 12 Months of Runway’ German electric air taxi developer Lilium completed an internal funding round worth over $240 million, raising its total investment to date to more than $340…
Air Taxi UAS Service Suppliers Discuss 53,000 Comments on FAA’s Remote ID Proposal The Federal Aviation Administration is working through more than 53,000 comments on its proposed approach to remote identification for remote aircraft and hopes to issue…
Air Taxi Skyryse’s Flight Automation Technology is ‘Months Away’ from Certification Skyryse is close to certifying FlightOS, part of a broader flight automation technology stack the company is developing that will significantly reduce pilot workload and…
Air Taxi UK’s Split from EASA Likely to Increase Burden on European Air Taxi Startups The United Kingdom will withdraw as a member of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) at the end of 2020, gradually transitioning responsibility for…