Currently, only a few thousand civil aircraft are built worldwide each year, but the new AAM sector claims it will be turning out tens of thousands of units annually.

The program has received a government grant worth almost $4 million, following recent support for hydrogen propulsion projects.

The partners may put their first set of vertiports in Colombia, with commercial operations possibly starting in 2026.

Initially, H2GEAR will power aircraft with up to 19 seats, but it could be further developed for larger airliners later.

Cyrus Sigari told the Vertical Flight Society's Electric VTOL Symposium that the time is right to back new aircraft developers and service providers.

Lilium has previously announced plans for a first vertiport to be built at Lake Nona near Orlando.

The aircraft will serve middle-mile freight distribution routes of between 50 and 300 miles when it enters service in 2025.

Its drones are delivering medications in Malawi and will soon be delivering Covid vaccines elsewhere in Africa and also in Southeast Asia.

Faradair aims to have a prototype of the BEHA aircraft built by 2024.

Vancouver, on Canada's Pacific Coast, already has 54 heliports and is viewed as a likely early-adopter city for advanced air mobility.

The agency is now working on type certification with the developers of 30 electric and hybrid-electric aircraft and also with seven manufacturers of new propulsion systems.

The company sees the "first mile" of multimodal transportation networks involving eVTOL aircraft as being critical to public acceptance.

The UK company says it expects to name new program partners in the next few weeks.

The manufacturer is now working to get approval for road use by 2022.

A coalition of 14 organizations tell the European Union that issues related to airspace management, communications, infrastructure, liability, and costs need to be hammered out for drone integration.

A new study by consulting group PwC looks at six case studies for the use of electric aircraft and drones in passenger and cargo services.

The electric aircraft pioneer may be among the first to complete FAA type certification.

Ten percent of the world's population face major mobility impairment challenges.

The Vertical Flight Society has been a strong advocate for eVTOL aircraft and advanced air mobility over the past six years.

This year work in the Airbus Flightlab will include the use of a camera image-detection solution to enable low-altitude navigation.