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The Norway-based regional airline has launched a collaborative project with Embraer subsidiary Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions to consider how eVTOL aircraft could improve regional air services.

The company has recruited Honeywell and Eagle Picher as partners to assist with a Joint Technical Assessment Phase that should lead to program launch for the Wright Spirit conversion of the BAe 146 in October 2022.

The start-up has recruited fellow Italian companies Kinetron, Pantecnica, Powerflex, and Pietro Rosa to advance development of its ANN family of hybrid-electric V/STOL aircraft.

The ATR72 seats up to 78 people in passenger configuration and is one of the largest planned aircraft conversions planned by hydrogen propulsion pioneer ZeroAvia to date.

Online charter booking portal Flapz is partnering with urban air mobility infrastructure developer Varon Vehicles to promote the new mode of transportation across Latin America.

The new legislation was welcomed as a boost for the new sector by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association.

The team that built the CRJ regional jet family is now focused on how legacy aircraft can be converted to hydrogen propulsion through partnerships with innovators like ZeroAvia.

The German start-up has been demonstrating a prototype of the traffic management system it is developing to support various advanced air mobility applications, including eVTOL air taxi services.

The California company has doubled the size of its facilities near John Wayne/Orange County Airport to make space for construction of a full-scale prototype that will start flight testing in 2023.

Reaction Engines and the Science and Technology Facilities Council have venture capital backing for the project announced during the United Nations COP26 climate change conference.

The Swiss eVTOL developer has been using the Aero2 for development work on its larger Aero3 hybrid-electric vehicle, In response to positive market reaction, the company now intends to start production in 2023.

The start-up announced the electric propulsion conversion plan to coincide with the ongoing United Nations COP26 climate change conference, arguing that net-zero aviation initiatives are an insufficient response.

The new innovation hub was announced this week by Airbus's newly appointed chief technical officer.

The European aviation safety agency is partnering with German aircraft engine maker MTU to assess new standards, regulations, and verification procedures for what it calls flying fuel cells.

With ground testing far advanced, Eviation expects the Alice to start its flight test campaign from its new headquarters in Washington state by the end of 2021.

SkyDrive, which claims to be the first eVTOL developer in Japan to have its type certificate application accepted, has pushed back its projected timeline for service entry of its single-seat flying car from 2023 to 2025.

Lilium, Archer, and Airbus all improved their standing in SMG Consulting's latest monthly rating of the viability of new aircraft developments.

ZeroAvia is working with Rotterdam The Hague Airport and the Royal Schiphol Group to prepare for hydrogen-powered flights to London in 19-seat aircraft.

The partnership with Ferrovial was announced after the eVTOL aircraft developer raised a further $205 million from new backers.

GE Aviation and Pratt & Whitney will both work on new engine cores for single-aisle airliners under NASA’s Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core project.