Urban Air Mobility

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

Airbus CityAirbus by A³

Aurora / Boeing PAV

Leonardo Project Zero

Volocopter

JETcopter

Lilium JET

Honeywell / Pipistrel

Urban Aeronautics CityHawk

Joby Aviation

News

BLADE India Orders 200 Eve eVTOLs, 29-Sep-22 : #UrbanAirMobility BLADE India signs a purchase order for up to 200 of Eve’s eVTOL, initially underwriting 50,000 hours of flight time per year in the region

Vertiport FAA Design Standards, 27-Sep-22 : #vertiport The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) releases Vertiport design standards to support the safe integration of urban air mobility (UAM) aircraft

Vertical Aerospace VX4 First Airborne Test, 26-Sep-22 : #VX4 Vertical Aerospace becomes the first British aerospace company to manufacture a new aircraft in over 20 years after its VX4 electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) prototype conducted its very first airborne test

Airbus with Ecocopter for UAM Services, 23-Sep-22 : #urbanairmobility Airbus signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ecocopter for collaboration in urban air mobility (UAM) services in Chile, Ecuador and Peru

EVfly Orders First “Axe by Skyfly” eVTOLs, 19-Sep-22 : #urbanairmobility EVfly signed Letter of Intent (LoI) for the first three “Axe by Skyfly” electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Delivery for launch customer expected in 2024 for operations in Thailand

Airbus partners with Hiratagakuen for eVTOL in Japan, 07-Sep-22 : #evtol Airbus partners with Hiratagakuen to test future electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft flight routes and concept of operations in the Kansai region, Japan

MintAir and Jaunt eVTOL in South Korea, 31-Aug-22 : #urbanairmobility MintAir and Jaunt Air Mobility form strategic partnership and sign Letter of Intent (LoI) for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in the South Korean air mobility market

New Test Centre for CityAirbus NextGen in Germany, 01-Aug-22 : #CityAirbus Airbus Helicopters is building a 1,000 m2 test centre for CityAirbus NextGen urban air mobility aircraft in Donauwörth, Germany

Jetson ONE Personal eVTOL, 02-Jul-22 :

#Jetson Swedish Jetson Aero completed the “first-ever eVTOL commute” with its Jetson ONE personal electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft

Rolls-Royce Advances Hybrid-Electric Flight, 30-Jun-22 : #HybridElectric Rolls-Royce advances hybrid-electric flight with new technology to lead the way in Advanced Air Mobility

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
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