Air TaxiWill the FAA Have Authority over Vertiports for High-Volume Air Taxi Operations? As communities discuss how to prepare for urban air mobility (UAM), concerns are emerging around how heliports — or future ‘vertiports’ — will be governed by the Federal Aviation Administration. Companies like…
Air TaxiMarine Corps Partners with Air Force Agility Prime on eVTOL Aircraft for Logistics The Pentagon’s interest in electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft continues to grow, with the Marine Corps’ Warfighting Lab now partnering with the Air Force’s Agility Prime program to explore unmanned…
Air TaxiEHang Receives ‘Operational Flight Permit’ from Norway CAA Chinese autonomous aerial vehicle maker EHang has obtained an ‘operational flight permit’ from the Civil Aviation Authority of Norway for its two-seat EHang 216 — its first such approval in Europe. The…
Air TaxiNASA Signs 17 Space Act Agreements for Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge Seventeen companies have signed Space Act Agreements with NASA to participate in the agency’s first Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge, a series of technology demonstrations meant to test the readiness of vehicles…
Air TaxiAt Ohio Air Taxi Symposium, Policy Seen as Far Behind Technology COLUMBUS, Ohio — Home to a number of leading aerospace research centers and suppliers, Ohio is taking steps to ensure it will be on the leading edge of the low-altitude urban air…
CommercialPODCAST: Talking IFEC With Virgin Atlantic's Mark Cheyney In this episode of the Global Connected Aircraft podcast, we spoke with Mark Cheyney, Virgin Atlantic’s head of in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) development, for a look at how the airline’s use…
Air TaxiBritish Columbia Enacts Tax Exemption for Electric Aircraft Electric aircraft purchased in the Canadian province of British Columbia are now exempt from provincial sales taxes (PST), an incentive created by the government as part of its ‘CleanBC’ initiative to lower…
Air TaxiAir Force to Begin Fly-Off, Certification Campaign for eVTOL Aircraft The U.S. Air Force is expanding its engagement with transformative VTOL aircraft developers, seeking to analyze, certify and eventually procure electric and hybrid-electric aircraft that are currently under development primarily for commercial…