Air TaxiACG Provides Up To $1B in Financing For Volocopter Customers ACG (Aviation Capital Group) has agreed to coordinate with urban air mobility (UAM) company Volocopter to develop financing solutions to enable Volocopter’s electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) sales once its aircraft…
Air TaxiNew Joint Venture Company to Create World’s First Custom Public Vertical Mobility System Volocopter announced a new joint venture company this week with NEOM, an enterprise that is developing a “smart city” on the coast of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea. The joint venture company was…
Air TaxiVolocopter Eyes Air Taxi Operations in Italy German urban air mobility developer Volocopter has established a new partnership with the largest airport operator in Italy in an effort to start developing the infrastructure that will enable electric vertical takeoff…
Air TaxiVolocopter Gets Order for 150 Aircraft, Expands into Chinese Market The German urban air mobility company Volocopter has announced a joint venture company with a subsidiary of China’s Geely Technology Group, Aerofugia, to bring its UAM aircraft into China, according to a…
Air TaxiVolocopter Explores LA Launch with New Urban Movement Labs Partnership The German urban air mobility company (UAM) Volocopter announced a new partnership with Urban Movement Labs that will allow the company to explore launching its UAM vehicles in the U.S. market, the…
CommercialWhat's Trending in Aerospace - August 1, 2021 Check out the Aug. 1 edition of What's Trending in Aerospace, where editors and contributors for Avionics International bring you some of the latest headlines and updates happening across the global aerospace industry.…
Air TaxiWill You Be on the First Air Taxi? It’s 2024 and the first air taxi has just received certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) or the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) – or both. This new transformative…
CommercialWhat's Trending in Aerospace - July 11, 2021 Check out the July 11 edition of What's Trending in Aerospace, where editors and contributors for Avionics International bring you some of the latest headlines and updates happening across the global aerospace industry.…
Air TaxiAir Taxi Manufacturers Need to Start Thinking About Pilot Training Now There is a consensus in the electric air taxi industry that the first aircraft to emerge in the commercial world will not be autonomous. This begs the question, who will fly them,…
Air TaxiVolocopter Receives Prerequisite Approval from EASA to Begin eVTOL Aircraft Production Volocopter, the German air taxi and drone manufacturer, received a Production Organization Approval (POA) from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the prerequisite to beginning production of its electric vertical takeoff…