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Eve Appoints Four More Suppliers For eVTOL Aircraft

The manufacturer is building the first prototype for its four-passenger vehicle and intends to start flight testing this year.
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Eviation Shakes Up Leadership Team For Alice Electric Aircraft

Eviation has appointed Andre Stein, co-founder and former CEO of Eve Air Mobility, as its new CEO. Meanwhile, former Cirrus and Gulfstream executive Jeff Hurford is assuming the role of chief financial officer. 
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MightyFly Rolls Out Third-Generation Autonomous eVTOL Freighter

The FAA has awarded MightyFly a special airworthiness certificate and a certificate of authorization permitting it to fly the experimental aircraft between two San Francisco Bay-area airports. 
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Environment

Bombardier Reveals First EcoJet Partners

The University of Victoria joins Bombardier's sustainability efforts
The Bombardier EcoJet engineering team is pictured with a subscale demonstrator
FBOs

Clay Lacy Expands eVTOL Ops Plan with New Partnership

Plans at California FBOs could extend to new vertiport locations
Clay Lacy's concept for eVTOL operations at FBO
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Bombardier Steps Up EcoJet Project to Cut Business Aircraft Emissions

Bombardier has partnered with the University of Victoria on the EcoJet project, which aims to reduce business jet emissions with blended-wing-body designs.
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Archer and NASA Collaborate on eVTOL Aircraft Battery Testing

Under a new Space Act Agreement, Archer will work with the U.S. space agency to characterize the safety and performance of the battery cells that power the company’s Midnight eVTOL air taxi. 
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Joby Lines Up New York City eVTOL Air Taxi Operating Base

A heliport in Kearny, New Jersey, will be the manufacturer's base for planned eVTOL aircraft operations in and around Manhattan.
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Indian Private Aviation Operator Sizes Up Trio of Electric/Hybrid Aircraft Fleet Options

JetSetGo's commitments with Overair, Electra and Horizon could cover 280 new aircraft valued collectively at $1.3 billion.
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UK Hydrogen Fuel Infrastructure Project Looks To Move the Dial on Affordability

Limited supplies and infrastructure mean hydrogen fuel remains an expensive and impractical option for air transport, but technology specialists like Haskel believe they know how that equation could change.
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Vertical Founder Pledges $50 Million To Sustain Work on VX4 eVTOL Aircraft

The UK start-up has been put on notice by the New York Stock Exchange that its stock must start trading above $1 to maintain its listing
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Indian Regional Airline MEHAIR Signs For ZeroAvia's Hydrogen Propulsion System

The carrier operates seaplanes and wheeled aircraft across the Indian sub-continent and is seeking to expand the network with Indian government backing.
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Horizon Completes IPO and Signs eVTOL Purchase Agreement with Indian Charter Group

A memorandum of understanding with Dehli-based JetSetGo prices its six-passenger Cavorite X7 eVTOL aircraft at $5 million.
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Vertical Flight Society Convenes Advanced Air Mobility Leaders For Silicon Valley Symposium

The Electric VTOL Symposium running from February 6-8 in Santa Clara, California, is part of the technical association’s VFS Transformative Vertical Flight event.
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Pivotal Launches Sales of Helix Personal eVTOL Aircraft to Private Flyers

Operators do not need to have a pilot's license to fly the single-seat Helix, which is now for sale at a base price of $190,000.
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Atlantic Aviation Expands Plans for eVTOL Air Services By Partnering With Joby and Archer

Business aviation services group Atlantic Aviation will install electric aircraft recharging equipment supplied by eVTOL aircraft developers Joby, Archer and Beta at sites across its U.S. FBO network.
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SkyDrive Forges Partnerships in India To Pave the Way for Advanced Air Mobility

With the Indian subsidiary of its key investor. Suzuki, the Japanese company exhibited a scale-model of its three-seat eVTOL aircraft at a trade show in Gujarat state.
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Aramex Considers Odys' Hybrid-Electric Aircraft for Gulf Cargo Services

The Dubai-based logistics group is looking to reduce carbon emissions from its cargo delivery operations
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Aircraft

Daher Deliveries, Orders Remain Stable in 2023

Daher delivered 74 TBMs and Kodiaks, up one from a year earlier
Kodiak 900 and TBM 960 in flight (Photo: Daher)
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Swiss Start-up Sirius Unveils Hydrogen-powered VTOL 'Business Jet'

The hydrogen-electric Sirius Jet will come in two variants tailored for private aviation and commercial air taxi operations.
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German Airports Group Works on Vertiport Plans with eVTOL Aircraft Developer Lilium

Fraport runs Germany's Frankfurt Airport and 30 other airports around the world.
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FBOs

Atlantic Aviation To Install Electric Chargers at FBOs

Beta's charging stations can support multiple electric aircraft and ground vehicles
Beta's electric charging cube and its Alia electric aircraft
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Supernal Debuts S-A2 eVTOL Air Taxi Mockup at Consumer Electronics Show

The Hyundai subsidiary is showcasing the four-passenger S-A2 aircraft this week at the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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Airbus Surveys 100 Airports to Train Machine Learning Algorithms

Airbus's Acubed innovation unit has surveyed more than 100 U.S. airports as part of a massive data collection campaign to advance automation and artificial intelligence in the aviation industry.
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Business Aviation Group Installs Beta's Electric Aircraft Charging Stations

Beta Technologes' 320 kilowatt charging equipment has been designed to work with any type of electric aircraft or ground vehicle.
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FBOs

Clay Lacy's John Wayne FBO To Get Joby's Electric Charging Unit

Joby designed its electric charging system to work with multiple aircraft types
Joby has developed a universal charging system for electric aircraft
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Wave Says Huntress VTOL's Speed and All-Weather Capability Are a Match for Tough Tasks

The uncrewed hybrid-electric VTOL vehicle can deploy reverse thrust for maneuvers such as stationary hover loitering and landing on a ship.
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