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Bombardier has partnered with the University of Victoria on the EcoJet project, which aims to reduce business jet emissions with blended-wing-body designs.

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. 

Plans at California FBOs could extend to new vertiport locations

The University of Victoria joins Bombardier's sustainability efforts

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A heliport in Kearny, New Jersey, will be the manufacturer's base for planned eVTOL aircraft operations in and around Manhattan.

JetSetGo's commitments with Overair, Electra and Horizon could cover 280 new aircraft valued collectively at $1.3 billion.

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.

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

The carrier operates seaplanes and wheeled aircraft across the Indian sub-continent and is seeking to expand the network with Indian government backing.

A memorandum of understanding with Dehli-based JetSetGo prices its six-passenger Cavorite X7 eVTOL aircraft at $5 million.

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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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.

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.

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

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.

Daher delivered 74 TBMs and Kodiaks, up one from a year earlier

The hydrogen-electric Sirius Jet will come in two variants tailored for private aviation and commercial air taxi operations.

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

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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.

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

Beta's charging stations can support multiple electric aircraft and ground vehicles

The Hyundai subsidiary is showcasing the four-passenger S-A2 aircraft this week at the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Clay Lacy Aviation is a business aviation services group operating a network of FBOs and an aircraft charter and management fleet.

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

Joby designed its electric charging system to work with multiple aircraft types

Safarilink and Yellow Wings Air Services operate the turboprop-powered versions of Textron's aircraft on services in Kenya and Tanzania.

The consultancy sees progress on eVTOL aircraft type certification this year, but the frontrunners won't have everything their way.