Category Archives: Urban Air Mobility

EHang Gets Approval to Use AAVs for Air Logistics

Director General of CAAC Air Traffic Regulation Office Xu Hao granted the pilot operation approval to EHang

EHang Holdings Limited announced that it obtained the world’s first commercial pilot operation approval from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (“CAAC”) to use EHang 216 passenger-grade AAVs for air logistics purpose. Continue reading →

Pipistrel Slows Uber eVTOL Work for Other Projects

Pipistrel 801 eVTOL aircraft for Uber Air urban air mobility network

Electric aircraft manufacturer Pipistrel is advancing plans for a pair of new cargo aircraft and a 19-seat regional airliner. The Slovenian company intends to focus on these new developments more urgently than on its plans for the Pipistrel 801 eVTOL, which has been shortlisted by rideshare group Uber for its planned Uber Air urban air mobility product. Continue reading →

EHang and LN Holdings Open World’s First ‘UAM’ Theme Hotel

EHang Holdings Limited announced that it has entered a strategic partnership with LN Holdings, a Shenzhen-listed tourism platform company, to further commercialize its AAVs by integrating Urban Air Mobility (“UAM”) solutions into the latter’s hotel/tourism businesses. Continue reading →

Canadian Air Mobility Consortium Formed

With partners across government, academia, industry and the investing community, the Canadian Air Mobility Consortium plans to lay the foundations for advanced air mobility across the nation, including drone delivery and passenger/cargo air taxis, with an emphasis on sustainability offered by electric aircraft. Continue reading →