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UK Adopts EASA's Special Conditions Approach to Certifying VTOL Aircraft

The UK Civil Aviation Authority's deferral to EASA's standards marks a turnaround in post-Brexit policy after the country left the EU, thereby ending its membership in the European regulatory agency.
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How Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Could Transform Caribbean Island-hopping Flights

Ampaire aims to have a supplemental type certificate to convert the Cessna Grand Caravan EX turboprop aircraft by 2024.
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New German Airline Evia Aero Plans Hydrogen Islander Operations

The operator is joining Cranfield Aerospace Solutions' Project Fresson to develop supplemental type certificates to convert piston and turboprop aircraft to hydrogen power.
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Spanish Airline Prepares To Launch Airship Services in 2026

Air Nostrum says it is investing in airships to help meet its objectives under European Union requirements to achieve a 55 percent cut in emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2050.
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Lilium Looks to New Seats for Big Weight Reduction in eVTOL Aircraft

The aircraft developer says that lighter seats will improve the energy efficiency of its six-passenger eVTOL model, which is now set to complete type certification in 2025.
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Otto Reveals Plan for Hydrogen-Powered 19-Seat Celera Aircraft

The distinctive oval-shaped fuselage of the Celera aircraft could be well-suited to storing large quantities of hydrogen fuel.
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Biometric Technology Will Be Tested To Ease Passengers' eVTOL Journeys

Operational trials at Cergy-Pontoise Airport near Paris are part of a 30-partner initiative to prepare for eVTOL air taxi services to start in the French capital in time for the 2024 Olympic Games.
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Hanwha Boosts Backing for Overair's Butterfly eVTOL Aircraft with $145 Million Investment

The South Korean company was an early investor in California-based Overair and is also providing motors and batteries for the six-seat eVTOL aircraft through its aerospace division.
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New Index Identifies Likely Early Leaders in Race To Provide Advanced Air Mobility Ground Infrastructure

SMG Consulting is taking an objective look at prospects for establishing vertiports and other facilities, and the group says there is a lot more work to do.
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Ampaire Steps Up Plans To Help Airports Prepare for Electric Aircraft

The company's partnership with sustainable infrastructure specialist Black & Veatch will also cover the expansion of the sustainable aviation fuel supply chain.
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Eve Teams with Airports Group To Develop Vertiport Network

Corporacion America Airports operates 53 airports in six countries across three continents. These include Argentina, Uruguay, Italy, and Brazil, where the company runs airports in the capital, Brasilia, and Natal.
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Electra and Airflow Join Forces to Bring eSTOL Aircraft Family to Market

The merged company will focus on hybrid-electric propulsion to start, but wants to eventually build hydrogen-powered aircraft.
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ZeroAvia and Monte Aircraft Leasing To Retrofit 100 Aircraft with ZA600 Powerplants

Monte Aircraft Leasing’s agreement to buy 100 ZeroAvia hydrogen fuel cell powerplants accompanies plans to retrofit Cessna Caravans, DHC-6 Twin Otters, and Dornier 228s.
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Universal Hydrogen Signs Deal to Convert 75 ATR-600s to Hydrogen Power for Connect Airlines

Massachusetts-based Connect Airlines plans to fly to Toronto Billy Bishop Airport from several U.S. cities in the Northeast and Midwest.
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Falcon and Eve Plan To Launch eVTOL Services in Dubai

The United Arab Emirates-based operator says questions need to be resolved about how eVTOL aircraft will perform in the region's high temperatures.
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Wisk Expands Autonomous eVTOL Operations Plans to Australia

Brisbane in the state of Queensland is a likely early adopter of eVTOL air services, with plans underway for ground infrastructure.
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With First VoloConnect Takeoff, Volocopter Has Three eVTOL Models in Test Flights

The four-passenger VoloConnect has joined the smaller VoloCity and VoloDrone prototypes in flight testing.
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Lilium To Step Up eVTOL Program Expenditure Under New CEO Klaus Roewe

In a shareholders' letter, the company says it aims to have the basis for type certification of its seven-seat eVTOL aircraft fully agreed to by EASA by the end of 2022.
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Deloitte Study Considers How Advanced Air Mobility Stacks Up as a Mass-transit Contender

The consulting group focuses on how eVTOL air taxi services will compete on cost and price points with ground-based alternatives and also with scheduled airlines.
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NASA Adds More Partners to its Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign

The program is intended to promote public confidence and accelerate the realization of emerging aviation markets for passenger and cargo transportations in urban, suburban, rural and regional environments
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