FTE speaks to Carlo Tursi, CEO of UrbanV – a newly established company set up with the aim to accelerate the development of urban air mobility infrastructures internationally.
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FTE speaks to Carlo Tursi, CEO of UrbanV – a newly established company set up with the aim to accelerate the development of urban air mobility infrastructures internationally.
Read some of the key takeaways from Avolon-e’s inaugural Advanced Air Mobility Symposium, which took place alongside FTE Dublin 2022 last month.
A new Advanced Mobility Ecosystem Consortium, created by a group of British aviation companies, will accelerate the introduction of Advanced Air Mobility in the UK.
Loyalty programme members will be able to get from JFK and Newark airports to Manhattan via Blade helicopter service in as little as five minutes.
SITA will develop bespoke biometric and vertiport technology, which will initially be implemented at the Skyports Cergy-Pontoise vertiport testbed in Paris, planned for completion in September 2022.
The new hub will provide the space for the command, charging and loading of logistics drones to support future drone delivery services in the Leeds City Region.
Joby’s eVTOL aircraft could reduce the 31-mile journey from Osaka station to Kansai International Airport from one hour by car to 15 minutes.
As part of the partnership, AirAsia has signed a non-binding MoU to lease a minimum of 100 VX4 eVTOL aircraft from Avolon.
The initiative is a significant step towards launching commercial advanced air mobility services in time for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Ferrovial will develop and operate zero-carbon air transport infrastructure to enhance urban and regional connectivity throughout the country.
A new company, called Urban Blue, has been launched by airports in Rome, Nice, Venice and Bologna to accelerate urban air mobility infrastructures internationally.
The partnership will enable SEA Milan Airports and Skyports to explore the deployment of vehicle-agnostic, scalable and cost effective vertiports across Italy.
As part of the partnership, Japan Airlines has shared its intention to lease or purchase up to 50 Vertical Aerospace VA-X4 eVTOL aircraft.
The new partnership aims to develop ground infrastructure and airport operations that facilitate the vertical take-off and landing of electric air taxis.
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