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Lilium to Fund Seven-Seat eVTOL Through $830 Million SPAC Flotation With Qell
The German company has confirmed that its series production Lilium Jet will carry a pilot and up to six passengers when it enters service in 2024.
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Wisk Prepares for Next Phase of Cora Flight Trials in New Zealand
The all-electric, two-seat eVTOL aircraft will conduct the testing in the city of Canterbury in the second half of 2021.
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Airbus Remains Committed to eVTOL Technology, But Says Commercial Returns Will Take Longer
CEO Guillaume Faury told a webinar organized by Eurocontrol that his company still see great value in advancing electric aviation projects.
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Business Aviation Group Creates Safety Certification for eVTOL Aircraft Operations
New IS-BAO safety standards could be available for unmanned aircraft by January 2022, and for piloted and passenger-carrying eVTOL aircraft around 12 months later.
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Textron Steps Up Advanced Air Mobility Presence With new eAviation Unit
Rob Scholl reports directly to Textron chairman and CEO Scott Donnelly as senior v-p for the division.
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Finnair Signals Plans to Electrify Fleet With Commitment to Heart's ES-19 Airliner
The 19-seat all-electric aircraft is intended for use on routes of up to around 250 miles, with service entry projected for 2026.
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Urban Air Mobility Flight Trials Will Be Staged in Toulouse and Bordeaux
The TindAIR group says a "very large-scale demonstration" of urban air mobility operations will start in the French cities in 2022.
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Volocopter Files Its Flight Plan for Urban Air Mobility Takeoff
In a white paper, the German eVTOL aircraft developer says it now expects the global market for urban air mobility to be worth €241 billion by 2035.
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Volocopter Confirms Plans for Commercial eVTOL Cargo Trials
The German eVTOL aircraft developer's CFO told an investors' webinar about its ambitious plans for the urban air mobility sector.
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Reliable Robotics Steps Up Remote Piloting Plan with New Partner Daedalean
Machine-learning specialist Daedalean is helping Reliable Robotics achieve its target of completing certification for its flight-automation technology by the end of 2022.
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Embraer Still Seeking Partners for Eve eVTOL Aircraft Venture
The Brazilian aircraft manufacturer incurred losses in 2020, mainly due to declining deliveries of its commercial airliners in the wake of the Covid pandemic.
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Patent Reveals Volocopter's Plans for a Larger, Longer-range eVTOL Aircraft
The German company filed a U.S. patent application in 2020 that was based on a June 2019 European application.
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Ampaire Takes Hybrid-Electric Flight Demonstrations to the UK
Funding from the UK government will support flight testing of Ampaire's Electric EEL and Eco Otter SX aircraft.
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VerdeGo Aero Unveils VH-3 Generator For Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Powertrains
The 185 kW generator is being provided for the propulsion systems of several new electric aircraft being developed by Jaunt Air Mobility, XTI Aircraft, and Airflow.
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Leasing Group Backs Hybrid-Electric Regional Airliner Project
Falko says that it may include the 70-seat hybrid-electric aircraft in its leasing portfolio for airlines.
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Community Air Mobility Initiative Expands Membership and Collaborative Efforts
CAMI seeks to engage with a broad cross section of stakeholders to support the development of advanced air mobility.
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New Advanced Air Mobility Association Will Focus on Electric Aviation
It is recruiting members among aircraft and systems manufacturers, finance groups, operators, and universities.
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Infrastructure Developer Says Uber Elevate Vision for Urban Air Mobility Was Unsustainable
Clem Newton-Brown says his Skyportz company wants to support wider applications for eVTOL aircraft in Australia.
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Overheated Power Controller Caused Alpha Electro Motor Failure
The pilot of a Pipistrel Alpha Electro electric aircraft had to make an emergency landing in Norway after a motor failure.
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IDTechEx Report Estimates Value of eVTOL Aircraft Sales and Trip Costs
The market forecast from IDTechEx includes estimated per-passenger trip expenses starting at just $20.30 for a 10-km trip.
