In addition to building and equipping vertiports in Rome's city center and airports, the partners have plans for ground infrastructure in Venice and in France's Cote d'Azur region.

The European air safety agency opened a public consultation on draft rules that it says are the first of their kind in the world.

The Denver-based start-up intends to launch a Series A funding round this year to support its ambitious plans to overtake major aircraft engine makers in power output and system redundancy.

The aircraft engine maker says it sees hydrogen as "the fuel of the future" and wants to be involved in its production as part of longer-term plans to move aviation away from fossil-fuel dependence.

KLK Motorsport and Gerg GmbH will design the aircraft's rear fuselage.

The Agricultural Bank of China is the country's third-largest lender and one the world's 10 largest commercial banks.

Lilium's selection of power, lighting, and connectivity specialist Astronics is the latest in a string of key supplier announcements for the company's new eVTOL aircraft.

Ryse says its $150,000 Recon eVTOL aircraft will offer a carbon-neutral, time-saving alternative to all-terrain vehicles currently used for multiple roles on farms and vineyards and at parks.

Beta Technologies has been conducting multiple test flights with its Alia 250 eVTOL aircraft, which can carry passengers or freight.

Despite efforts by the FAA and some in the industry to play down the significance of recent policy changes governing approval for new aircraft, the VFS says, the FAA has mishandled the process.

The company is using an electric propulsion system from MagniX, which is also converting several fixed-wing aircraft, as well as the new Eviation Alice model.

The U.S. company's current timeline calls for the start of test flights with a subscale prototype in 2025, followed by a full-sized airship in 2028. Both dates are a year later than the company projected in 2021.

Airbus is developing both an eVTOL aircraft called CityAirbus NextGen and its ZeroE family of hydrogen-powered airliners.

The company is using a subscale version of its four-passenger eVTOL aircraft to help engineers complete the final design.

Several tourism companies in China and Japan believe they can launch sightseeing tours using the autonomous all-electric EH216 vehicle that EHang is working to certify.

The East African carrier's Fahari Aviation division is extending a partnership with Eve to develop urban air mobility services.

The German government is funding further research and development work to advance turbogenerator technology.

The Swedish start-up has abandoned plans to certify its aircraft under CS-23 rules but still aims to complete certification by 2026.

VTOL aircraft developer Transcend Air is partnered with the aerospace engineering department of Alabama's Auburn University.

Noise from helicopter flights in the New York City area has prompted support for tough restrictions on non-essential flights.