Programs

urban air mobility Urban Air Mobility

The future of city air transportation





Urban air mobility is an aviation industry term for on-demand and automated passenger and cargo-carrying air transportation services typically flown without a pilot. Urban air mobility services will bring innovative new ways for people to travel around cities and rural areas while reducing congestion and taking care of the enviroment. Here we list some of the aircraft that could be your next taxi in the near future.



Main Projects in Development



Bell Nexus powered by Safran


Bell Nexus


Airbus CityAirbus by A³


CityAirbus


Aurora / Boeing PAV


Boeing Passenger Air Vehicle


Leonardo Project Zero


AgustaWestland Project Zero


Volocopter


Volocopter


JETcopter


JETcopter


Lilium JET


Lilium JET


Honeywell / Pipistrel


Honeywell


Urban Aeronautics CityHawk


Urban Aeronautics CityHawk


Joby Aviation


Joby Aviation




News


Airbus Unveils CityAirbus NextGen

Airbus Unveils CityAirbus NextGen

07-Mar-24 - Airbus unveiled its full electric CityAirbus NextGen prototype ahead of its maiden flight later this year #UrbanAirMobility
Serial Production and Training for Volocopter VoloCity

Serial Production and Training for Volocopter VoloCity

02-Mar-24 - Volocopter received German Federal Aviation Office’s approval for serial production of its electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL) VoloCity and the Approved Training Organisation (ATO) certificate #eVTOL
LCI and Airbus Partners on Advanced Air Mobility Ecosystems​​

LCI and Airbus Partners on Advanced Air Mobility Ecosystems​​

27-Feb-24 - LCI and Airbus have announced a collaboration agreement to ​jointly develop ecosystems for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) #ecosystems
FAA Part 145 Maintenance Certificate for Joby Aviation

FAA Part 145 Maintenance Certificate for Joby Aviation

09-Feb-24 - Joby Aviation, a California-based company developing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for commercial use, has received its Part 145 Repair Station Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), qualifying it to perform specific maintenance activities #Part145
Air Chateau Signed MoU for 100 Archer Midnight eVTOLs

Air Chateau Signed MoU for 100 Archer Midnight eVTOLs

19-Nov-23 - Air Chateau International signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the Dubai Air Show covering the planned purchase and initial payment for up to 100 Archer Midnight electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft worth up to $500M to be used in the Middle East #MiddleEast
Volocopter First Flight in New York City

Volocopter First Flight in New York City

15-Nov-23 - Volocopter completed its first flight test at the Downtown Manhattan Heliport in New York City (NYC) with its crewed Volocopter 2X electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft #UrbanAirMobility
First Quiet Electric Air Taxi in New York City

First Quiet Electric Air Taxi in New York City

13-Nov-23 - In the first ever electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air taxi flight in New York City, Joby Aviation participates in event announcing electrification of Downtown Manhattan Heliport with plans to launch commercial passenger service in 2025 with Delta Airlines #NewYorkCity
eVTOL Volocopter 2X in Tampa, Florida

eVTOL Volocopter 2X in Tampa, Florida

04-Nov-23 - German Volocopter showcased its crewed Volocopter 2X in Tampa, Florida marking the first-ever flight test of an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in an operational and large international airport in the United States #Tampa
Helijet Orders Beta Technologies ALIA eVTOL

Helijet Orders Beta Technologies ALIA eVTOL

03-Nov-23 - Canadian Helijet International ordered the Beta Technologies ALIA electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft to become the first passenger service eVTOL aircraft in Canada, a significant step forward for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) in British Columbia #UrbanAirMobility
Archer Midnight Takes Flight

Archer Midnight Takes Flight

25-Oct-23 - Archer’s electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, Midnight, completed its first flight. The program began in 2019, including two years of full-scale flight testing of Archer’s Maker small-scale demonstrator. #Midnight
14-Oct-23 Funding Secured for Archer’s Manufacturing Facility in Georgia #Georgia
28-Sep-23 Rolls-Royce Hybrid-Electric Engine First Fuel Burn #ElectricEngine
21-Sep-23 Assembly of Lilium eVTOL Jet Fuselage Begins in Spain #UrbanAirMobility
19-Sep-23 Dayton, Ohio Selected for Joby Manufacturing Facility #Ohio
15-Sep-23 Safran and Cuberg to Develop Batteries for Hybrid Aircraft #electricAviation
07-Sep-23 Wisk Air Taxi in Washington DC #Wisk
07-Sep-23 Bristow Orders VoloCity for UAM Services in USA and UK #VoloCity
02-Sep-23 EASA Proposes Rules for VTOL Air Taxis Operations #AirTaxi
30-Aug-23 EHang Completes Tests for EH216-S type Certification #urbanairmobility
16-Aug-23 FAA Special Airworthiness Certificate for Midnight eVTOL #Midnight
01-Aug-23 USAF AFWERX $142M Contract for Archer eVTOL #AFWERX
27-Jul-23 Three Full-Scale eVTOL Aircraft Flight Formation #formation
26-Jul-23 Wisk Aero eVTOL at EAA AirVenture 2023 #EAA2023
22-Jul-23 Taubaté Selected for Eve eVTOL Production Factory #SaoPaulo
15-Jul-23 Aerolite Will Build Dufour Aero2 Assemblies #parts
13-Jul-23 Doroni eVTOL First Manned Flight #UrbanAirMobility
05-Jul-23 Connova Will Build Dufour Aero2 Assemblies #composites
25-Jun-23 Dufour Retires X2.1 prototype #UrbanAirMobility
24-Jun-23 Volocopter and Safran to Collaborate in NextGen Powertrain #UrbanAirMobility
24-Jun-23 Jaunt Air Mobility Canada Partners with Global Partner Solutions #UrbanAirMobility
22-Jun-23 Successful First Run of RTX STEP-Tech Hybrid Engine #HybridElectic
22-Jun-23 Safran Avionics for Archer Midnight eVTOL #UrbanAirMobility
21-Jun-23 Eve Signs Multiple Partnerships at Paris Air Show #PAS2023
20-Jun-23 GKN to Build Supernal eVTOL Aerostructures #Supernal
18-Jun-23 Nidec, BAe and DUC Named Eve eVTOL Suppliers #UrbanAirMobility
17-Jun-23 United and Eve Air Mobility in San Francisco #SanFrancisco
13-Jun-23 AutoFlight Unveils Prosperity Interior Design #InteriorDesign
31-May-23 Volocopter Integrates Swiss-AS AMOS Software #UrbanAirMobility
29-May-23 Eve Air Mobility Urban Air Traffic Management Prototype #trafficManagement
11-May-23 Roll-Out of First Archer Midnight eVTOL #UrbanAirMobility
09-May-23 Honeywell Reference Guide for AAM Certification #UrbanAirMobility
29-Apr-23 Toyota to Supply Components for Joby eVTOL #UrbanAirMobility
28-Apr-23 Mexican Redwings Sign LoI for Jaunt Journey eVTOL #UrbanAirMobility
06-Apr-23 Volocopter Completes Production Setup #manufacturing
28-Mar-23 BLADE India and Jaunt Urban Mobility Partnership #India
24-Mar-23 Swiss Helicopter Orders Dufour Aero eVTOLs #eVTOL
23-Mar-23 Archer/United Electric Air Taxi in Chicago #Chicago
09-Mar-23 First Midnight Nears Completion #Midnight
01-Mar-23 Doroni H1 Prototype Completes Untethered Flight Test #UrbanAirMobility
19-Feb-23 Ehang EH216 Demo Flight in Japan #UrbanAirMobility
17-Feb-23 BLADE in Historic Flight of eVTOL BETA in New York #UrbanAirMobility
13-Feb-23 FAA Second Stage of Certification Process for Joby #certification
05-Jan-23 Stellantis will Build Archer Midnight eVTOL #Stellantis
20-Dec-22 Archer Midnight eVTOL Airworthiness Criteria #urbanairmobility
16-Dec-22 Joby Passed Second of Four FAA Reviews #urbanairmobility
03-Dec-22 Archer Maker First Full Transition Flight #urbanairmobility
20-Nov-22 Archer Unveils Its Production Aircraft Midnight #Midnight
14-Nov-22 First eVTOL Air Taxi Route in USA #NewYork
01-Nov-22 Mecaer Landing Gear for Archer Midnight #Archer
21-Oct-22 Joby eVTOL Applies for Japanese Certification #Japan
10-Oct-22 First Crewed eVTOL Flight in Italy #UrbanAirMobility
05-Oct-22 Chinese eVTOL EH216-S in Certification Process #drones
29-Sep-22 BLADE India Orders 200 Eve eVTOLs #UrbanAirMobility
27-Sep-22 Vertiport FAA Design Standards #vertiport
26-Sep-22 Vertical Aerospace VX4 First Airborne Test #VX4
23-Sep-22 Airbus with Ecocopter for UAM Services #urbanairmobility
19-Sep-22 EVfly Orders First “Axe by Skyfly” eVTOLs #urbanairmobility
07-Sep-22 Airbus partners with Hiratagakuen for eVTOL in Japan #evtol
02-Sep-22 Doroni Aerospace Launches eVTOL H1 #FlyingCar
31-Aug-22 MintAir and Jaunt eVTOL in South Korea #urbanairmobility
01-Aug-22 New Test Centre for CityAirbus NextGen in Germany #CityAirbus
02-Jul-22 Jetson ONE Personal eVTOL #Jetson
30-Jun-22 Rolls-Royce Advances Hybrid-Electric Flight #HybridElectric
30-Jun-22 EASA Publishes First Rules for Air Taxis Operations #AirTaxi
24-Jun-22 New British 2-Seat eVTOL Axe by Skyfly #urbanairmobility
15-Jun-22 US Congress Passed Advanced Air Mobility Acts #AirMobility
08-Jun-22 First Flight of 4-Seat eVTOL VoloConnect #voloconnect
01-Jun-22 The Future Personal Mobility in Quebec #evtol
18-May-22 Volocopter Partners Microsoft for VoloIQ Cloud #VoloIQ
14-May-22 Low Noise Footprint for Joby eVTOL #noise
05-May-22 Airbus Air Mobility Initiative (AMI) for Germany #AMI
03-May-22 TAMP and Joby to Offer Air Taxi Service in South Korea #UrbanAirMobility
29-Apr-22 ITA Airways to Launch CityAirbus NextGen in Italy #Italy
27-Apr-22 Future of Urban Air Mobility in Los Angeles #LosAngeles
21-Apr-22 Embraer Eve and Thales to Develop eVTOL #urbanairmobility
23-Mar-22 Eve Urban Air Mobility in Miami-Dade County #MiamiDade
22-Mar-22 Air Greenland Leasing VX4 eVTOL Fleet #eVTOL
16-Mar-22 GlobalX Signed LoI for up to 200 eVTOL Eve #GlobalX
09-Mar-22 eVTOL CityAirbus’ Wings will come from Northern Ireland #UrbanAirMobility
07-Mar-22 Ascent Urban Air Mobility Available in Chile #AirMobility
15-Feb-22 Eve UAM eVTOL Begins ANAC Certification #ANAC
09-Feb-22 Leonardo Fuselage for Vertical VX4 #VX4
13-Jan-22 Savback to distribute Dufour Aero3 in Scandinavia #UrbanAirMobility
01-Jan-22 AutoFlight’ Design & Certification Center In Germany #Germany
17-Dec-21 Bristow and Overair MoU for Butterfly eVTOL #Butterfly
06-Dec-21 Eve Urban Air Mobility in Australia #Australia
03-Dec-21 Helijet and Blade Expands Urban Air Mobility in BC #UrbanAirMobility
20-Nov-21 Thales/Diehl Flight Control for CityAirbus NextGen #FlightControl
17-Nov-21 EmbraerX Eve-Senna eVTOL #urbanairmobilty
13-Nov-21 Volocopter in South Korea #SouthKorea
24-Sep-21 Bristow Orders 100 EmbraerX eVTOL #evtol
22-Sep-21 Airbus Reveals NextGen CityAirbus #CityAirbus
22-Sep-21 Bell Nexus Air Taxi at Smithsonian #Smithsonian
21-Sep-21 Bristow Partner in Vertical VA-X4 eVTOL #evtol
11-Sep-21 Dufour Aerospace / REGA Aero3 eVTOL #Aero3
08-Sep-21 Archer Maker eVTOL #eVTOL
29-Aug-21 Hydrogen Fuel Cell for Piasecki PA-890 #hydrogen
15-Aug-21 Transcend Air / Kaman Vy 400 HSVTOL #Vy400
11-Aug-21 AT/RX HSVTOL Barracuda #Barracuda
19-Jul-21 Air Taxi Pilot Training Program #UrbanAirMobility
10-Jun-21 Eve Prepares Urban Air Mobility in Brazil #UrbanAirMobility
01-Jun-21 Halo is Eve Urban Air Mobility Launch Partner #UrbanAirMobility
26-May-21 DENSO and Honeywell Partners for Urban Air Mobility #UrbanAirMobility
14-May-21 CAE Joins Jaunt Air Mobility for eVTOL #eVTOL
12-Jan-21 New Urban Air Mobility Strategic Alliance #urbanairmobility
08-Jan-21 First Pre-Orders for CityHawk Ambulance #urbanairmobility
18-Dec-20 Urban Air Mobility Goes to NASDAQ #NASDAQ
03-Oct-20 Volocopter Urban Air Mobility in Japan #Japan
15-Sep-20 Ultra Small Embedded Computer for eVTOL Taxi #SmallComputer
08-Sep-20 Honeywell NextGen Urban Air Mobility Lab #UrbanAirMobility
31-Aug-20 CityAirbus Moved to Manching #drones
01-Aug-20 City Airbus First Autonomous Flight #drones
30-Jun-20 Autonomous Landing Capabilities by Honeywell #UrbanAirMobility
28-Jun-20 On-Demand Helicopter Launching in Thailand
23-Jun-20 MicroVCS Cooling for Electric Aircraft #MicroVCS
16-Jun-20 Honeywell Forms Urban Air Mobility Business Unit #UrbanAirMobility
11-Jun-20 HyPoint Hydrogen Power for CityHawk #urbanairmobility
28-Apr-20 Bell’s Journey to Pioneer an Eco-Friendly World #EcoFriendly
20-Mar-20 Urban Aeronautics Partners with Ascent #urbanairmobility
14-Mar-20 High Voltage at 270 VDC in Fast Helicopters #270VDC
21-Jan-20 Mobility Trends at CES 2020 #CES2020
06-Jan-20 Bell Nexus 4EX at CES 2020 #CES2020
04-Dec-19 CityAirbus eVTOL Moving to Manching Soon #CityAirbus
19-Nov-19 Leonardo and Falcon Partners in Urban Mobility #UrbanMobility
24-Oct-19 Volocopter Air Taxi Testing in Singapore #UrbanAirMobility
12-Oct-19 Porsche and Boeing Partners on Urban Air Mobility #UrbanAirMobility
02-Oct-19 Airbus and EASA Partners for NextGen VTOL #NextGeneration
26-Sep-19 Vision Systems’ Composite Unit for Airbus Racer #CleanSky2
14-Sep-19 EHang Chinese Drone Carrying Passenger #drones
03-Sep-19 Volocopter Demonstration at Helsinki Airport #UrbanMobility
11-Jul-19 Rolls-Royce’ Hybrid Electric Research in Germany #HybridElectric
10-Jul-19 Skyworks and Scaled in Partnership for Vertijet #Vertijet
21-Jun-19 Airbus and Safran Team Up For Greener Vertical Flight #Horizon2020
18-Jun-19 Rolls-Royce Acquires Siemens’ Hybrid-Electric Business #HybridElectric
13-Jun-19 Honeywell and DENSO Partnership #hybrids
13-Jun-19 Honeywell in the Jaunt Air Mobility eVTOL #UrbanAirMobility
12-Jun-19 Safran and Uber Unveil Cabin Mockup #UrbanAirMobility
09-Jun-19 Boeing Invests in UAS Services Provider Robotic Skies #drones
06-Jun-19 Honeywell And Vertical Aerospace in New Partnership #UrbanAirMobility
04-Jun-19 Compact Fly-By-Wire System For Urban Air Vehicles #UrbanAirMobilty
30-May-19 First Air Taxi Volo-Port to be Ready by End 2019 #VoloPort
20-May-19 Lilium New Air Taxi First Flight #UrbanMobility
03-May-19 Airbus CityAirbus First Take-Off #CityAirbus
11-Apr-19 Honeywell and Volocopter Partners in Urban Air Mobility #UrbanAirMobility
03-Apr-19 Digital Wind Tunnel for Airbus RACER Development #WindTunnel
03-Apr-19 Leonardo Sign MoU for Urban Security in Brazil #UrbanSecurity
13-Feb-19 Developing Future Airport Infrastructure #FutureMobility
26-Jan-19 Honeywell and Pipistrel MoU for Urban Air Mobility #UrbanAirMobility
23-Jan-19 Boeing Autonomous Passenger Air Vehicle First Flight #BoeingPAV
08-Jan-19 Safran HEPS to Power the Bell Nexus #HEPS
07-Jan-19 Bell Nexus, The Future Air Taxi, Unveiled at CES 2019 #Nexus
09-Dec-18 Bell Teaming Moog for Future Air Taxi #AirTaxi
19-Nov-18 JETcopter 7-Seat Flying Car Engines Tested #JETcopter
29-Oct-18 Volocopter eVTOL Taxis in Singapore #Volocopter
24-Oct-18 Bell and Thales on Future Flight Controls #FlightControls
02-Oct-18 Bell and Garmin Teaming for On-Demand Mobility #OnDemandMobility
20-Sep-18 JETcopter to Design VTOL Aircraft #JETcopter
24-Jul-18 Urban Air Mobility by Bell #future
01-Feb-18 Vahana eVTOL from A³ by Airbus First Flight
19-Dec-17 CityAirbus Completed Iron Bird Power On
01-Apr-17 Skyways by A³
07-Apr-16 Volocopter VC200 First Manned Flight
05-Mar-13 AW unveils “Project Zero” Tilt Rotor








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