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Operational trials at Cergy-Pontoise Airport near Paris are part of a 30-partner initiative to prepare for eVTOL air taxi services to start in the French capital in time for the 2024 Olympic Games.
The South Korean company was an early investor in California-based Overair and is also providing motors and batteries for the six-seat eVTOL aircraft through its aerospace division.
SMG Consulting is taking an objective look at prospects for establishing vertiports and other facilities, and the group says there is a lot more work to do.
The company's partnership with sustainable infrastructure specialist Black & Veatch will also cover the expansion of the sustainable aviation fuel supply chain.
Corporacion America Airports operates 53 airports in six countries across three continents. These include Argentina, Uruguay, Italy, and Brazil, where the company runs airports in the capital, Brasilia, and Natal.
In a shareholders' letter, the company says it aims to have the basis for type certification of its seven-seat eVTOL aircraft fully agreed to by EASA by the end of 2022.
The consulting group focuses on how eVTOL air taxi services will compete on cost and price points with ground-based alternatives and also with scheduled airlines.
The program is intended to promote public confidence and accelerate the realization of emerging aviation markets for passenger and cargo transportations in urban, suburban, rural and regional environments
Autonomous eVTOL aircraft will be immune from the effects of pilot shortages, say some manufacturers, who are also looking to reduced the cost structure for air taxi services.
Vertiko intends to build a network of vertiports in the Canadian province of Quebec and operate a fleet of at least 70 Jaunt Journey eVTOL aircraft from 2026.