flynas and Eve Air Mobility have signed an MoU to explore the future of eVTOL aircraft operations in Saudi Arabia. The partners are aiming to start eVTOL operations in Riyadh and Jeddah in 2026.


flynas and Eve Air Mobility have signed an MoU to explore the future of eVTOL aircraft operations in Saudi Arabia. The partners are aiming to start eVTOL operations in Riyadh and Jeddah in 2026.

Groupe ADP and AutoFlight have signed an MoU to conduct experimental electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) flights from Pontoise Vertiport “to pave the way for the future of aviation”.

Eve Air Mobility has extended its partnership with Widerøe Zero, an initiative by Widerøe focused on sustainable aviation with the mission to “revolutionise the industry and create a greener future for air travel”.

United Airlines and Eve Air Mobility have announced plans to bring Urban Air Mobility (UAM) to San Francisco with electric commuter flights. They are also working to identify the future route network for UAM.

UrbanV and SITA have signed an MoU to design and refine a new passenger processing and operating ecosystem at the test vertiport located at Rome Fiumicino Airport. Operations are scheduled to start in 2024.

Aeroporti di Roma, Volocopter and UrbanV, have conducted the first crewed eVTOL public test flight in Italy and unveiled the country’s first vertiport.

Take a look at our visual round-up from Future Travel Experience Global 2022, which took place in Las Vegas on 6-9 September.

FTE speaks to Dar Group’s Head of Digital Advisory Chris Runde; Thomas Kearns, Digital Innovation Strategist at Perkins and Will; and Richard Palmer, Dar Group’s Sustainability specialist, all of whom are playing a role in shaping the future of the industry.

The new vertiport hub, which will be located at a private terminal at São Paulo International Airport, is expected to open at the end of 2023.
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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.

Munich Airport and Airbus have signed a MoU to start marketing turnkey solutions to cities and regions interested in developing advanced air mobility (AAM) ecosystems.

The initiative will set up a series of research projects around three main areas: electric aircraft, air traffic management services, and vertiports.
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