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Merlin Wins Part 145 Aircraft Maintenance Approval in New Zealand

Autonomous flight pioneer cleared to perform aircraft maintenance

Maintenance and Modifications

Daher Aims To Launch ‘More Electric’ Airplane in 2027

Company’s next model will likely be hybrid-electric and based off of the TBM 960 or Kodiak 100/900

Survey Finds eVTOL Air Taxi Passengers Demand Fancy Cabin Interiors

AIX show survey finds over 80% of respondents say current business jet interiors are outdated

Cabin Interior and Electronics

Whisper Aero and Tennessee Tech Team on Quiet Electric Glider

Tennessee Tech students will ground-test the ‘Whisper Ultralight’ powered glider

Videos

Beta’s New Alia CX300 Electric Aircraft Has Flown Coast to Coast in the U.S.

An electric CTOL aircraft will be easier to certify than an eVTOL, and has many applications.

Beta Technologies Alia CX300 flying over frozen landscape

Lack of Funding Stops Work at Lilium and Eviation. Is Electric Aviation Going Bust?

The road to certification is an expensive one.

February 26, 2025

Composite image with rendering of Lilium Jet and photo of Eviation prototype in flight

Testing Starts For Eve Air Mobility’s eVTOL Aircraft Prototype

As competitors drop out of the eVTOL race, Eve is pressing ahead.

February 11, 2025

Eve Air Mobility test aircraft with pusher motor running

In Japan, New eVTOL Aircraft Are Seen As a Way to Improve Public Transportation

Japans geography makes it an appealing market for eVTOLs

December 5, 2024

view of AutoFlight Prosperity eVTOL on the ground

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Regional Air Mobility Summit Addresses Rebooting Local Air Transportation

Companies participating in McKinsey's annual summit meeting are optimistic but say commercialization is still a few years away

McKinsey value of regional air mobility vehicles

Stralis Sources Hydrogen Fuel Tanks for Aircraft Conversion Plans

Test flights with a converted Bonanza A36 single-engined aircraft could start by the end of 2025

Stralis Aircraft conversion of Bonanza A36 aircraft to hydrogen propulsion

Vertical Adopts Standardized Chargers for eVTOL Aircraft Batteries

UK manufacturer has purchased battery chargers from electric aircraft developer Beta Technologies

Regulations and Government

Beta Technologies' "Charge Cube" electric battery rechargers

Beta’s Electric Aircraft Visits Duncan FBO in Provo

Duncan’s facility hosts spectators for Utah’s first electric air-taxi demonstration

Beta’s Alia CX300 flies over Utah

EHang Earns World’s First eVTOL Air Operator Certificate

Initial commercial flights in China are limited to sightseeing and tourism

Regulations and Government

EHang eVTOL operations in Guangzhou, China

Ethiopian Airlines Plans To Operate Archer’s Midnight eVTOL Air Taxi

Archer’s Launch Edition program marks its second customer

Archer Aviation Midnight eVTOL Aircraft

China’s TCab Tech Raises More Funds for E20 eVTOL Aircraft

Shanghai-based company says program funding now tops $100 million

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

TCab Tech E20 eVTOL aircraft

Lyte, Bluenest, and LynePorts Form Team To Develop Middle East Vertiports

Partners say they are working on projects in Oman and the UAE

Lyte Aviation concept for vertiport in Oman

AMSL Prepares to Test Hydrogen-powered Vertiia eVTOL Aircraft

Australian eVTOL start-up’s second full-scale prototype could fly this year

AMSL Vertiia prototype in flight

Study Targets Clarity for Mitigating Contrail Impact

Airbus and 10 European partners have launched the PACIFIC program

Airbus contrails

Airbus Reveals Latest ZeroE Hydrogen Airliner Design

More energy efficiency means four, rather than six, open rotor engines

Airbus hydrogen airliner concept

Skyportz Tackles eVTOL Downwash and Outwash With Vertipad Design

Australian company plans to license its vertiport designs in other countries

Skyportz vertipad designs

Regent Submits Seaglider Approval Plan to U.S. Coast Guard

Sea trials with a prototype are underway in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay

Regulations and Government

Regent seaglider prototype

Customer Base Grows for Electra’s EL9 Hybrid-electric Aircraft

Operators from Africa, Europe, India, Brazil and the U.S. have signed up for the nine-seater

Electra EL9 aircraft

FAA Accepts XTI's Certification Application for TriFan 600 VTOL Aircraft

XTI Aerospace says it is close to completing a subscale working model

XTI Aerospace TriFan 600 aircraft

Universal Avionics Unveils AI-powered Taxi Assist

System leverages speech-to-text technology to help pilots safely navigate on the ground at airports

Universal Avionics augmented reality

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