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| 10.12.2025 | Flying taxis to slash Heathrow to City trip to 12 minutes | Commuting from Heathrow to central London may soon be a thing of the past.
Vertical Aerospace, founded by the man behind OVO energy, has unveiled Valo, its next generation aircraft designed for quick, zero emission airport to city travel.
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| 29.09.2025 | Innovate UK Backs Aviation Tech with £4.4M | Over £4 million in funding has been awarded from Innovate UK to businesses developing next-generation aviation technology.
Invested as part of the Future Flight programme, the funding is designed to secure the UK’s global leadership in the ... |
| 23.05.2025 | Commercial drone automation set to soar across industries | - |
| 04.04.2025 | The Ecosystem Edge: Joby's Competitive Advantage Joby Aviation's holistic ecosystem strategy of integrating manufacturing operations and partnerships builds a unique competitive advantage for UAM lead... |
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Joby Aviation (NYSE: JOBY) is strategically building a comprehensive ecosystem to support its innovative electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. This strategy extends beyond aircra... |
| 10.01.2025 | World's First Ever Flying Taxis to Take off From Dubai in 2026 Authorities give go ahead of building of Vertiport near Dubai International Airport. | The first flying taxis in Dubai are on schedule to take off in 2026, after the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) granted technical design approval for the first commercial vertiport in the United Arab Emirates.
This significant milest... |
| 13.12.2024 | The $300 Million Question: Will Joby Aviation Soar or Stall? Joby Aviation's strategic investments and cash reserves, despite recent stock price volatility, position the company for growth in the eVTO... |
Joby Aviation, Inc. (NYSE: JOBY) is a pioneer in the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft sector. The company has recently experienced a stock price decline, dropping approximately 10% in just five days. This downturn fol... |
| 25.10.2024 | The Electric Revolution: How European Tech Companies are Reshaping Transportation | The transportation landscape in Europe is undergoing a seismic shift. Electric vehicles (EVs) are no longer just a trend; they are the future. As the continent grapples with climate change, tech companies are stepping up to lead the charge.... |
| 24.10.2024 | Transportation: European tech companies that are shaping the ecosystem | As Europe embarks on a journey toward greener technologies and aims to reduce carbon emissions, transportation companies are at the forefront of this movement by developing electric vehicles, improving public transit, and adopting smart log... |
| 02.10.2024 | The Aerotropolis Revolution: Airports as Economic Engines | The aviation landscape is changing. Airports are no longer just gateways to the skies. They are becoming aerotropolises—metropolitan areas designed around airports. This shift is reshaping economies, enhancing connectivity, and pushing the ... |
| 02.10.2024 | The Future of Aerotropolis: Innovations and Strategies Shaping the Aviation Industry | HONG KONG, Oct. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- As the aviation industry continues to evolve, the concept of the aerotropolis—a metropolitan subregion where the layout, infrastructure, and economy are centred around an airport—has gained significan... |
| 26.09.2024 | Pyka: Electric Aviation Company Raises $40 Million (Series B) | Pyka, an electric aviation technology leader that designs and manufactures large-scale autonomous electric aircraft, announced a $40 million Series B funding round. Obvious Ventures led the round, which included new and existing investors, ... |
| 23.09.2024 | Pyka Raises $40M in Series B Funding | Pyka Pelican Spray in flight over a crop in the United States.
Pyka, an Alameda, CA-based electric aviation technology leader that designs and manufactures large-scale autonomous electric aircraft, raised $40M in Series B funding.
The round... |
| 29.08.2024 | Empowering Women Through Technology: A New Dawn in Nigeria | In a world where technology is the new currency, Nigeria is making strides to ensure that young women are not left behind. The Girls' Education and Skills Partnership (GESP) Programme, launched by Yaba College of Technology in collaboration... |
| 28.08.2024 | UK’s First Drone Mail Service in Orkney Extended to 2026 | The Orkney I-Port pilot programme, which sees electric drones take letters and parcels between remote islands, provides a daily mail distribution service between Stromness on Orkney’s Mainland and the islands of Graemsay and Hoy.
So far, 51... |
| 13.08.2024 | Super Terminal Expo 2024 Unveils Stellar Lineup for Conference, Announces Inaugural STE Awards Nominations | HONG KONG, Aug. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Super Terminal Expo, Asia's pioneering passenger and cargo terminal design, construction and operations event, announces its conference program comprising over 100+ expert speakers across 80 keynote ... |
| 22.04.2024 | Skyports Soars with $110m Investment for Flying Taxis | Skyports, a London-based company revolutionizing urban air mobility, has secured a whopping $110m investment to propel its vertiport infrastructure for flying taxis. The funding, led by ACS Group and Groupe ADP, will pave the way for Skypor... |
| 21.04.2024 | Skyports Raises £88.6M in Series C Funding | Skyports, a London, UK-based leader in owning and operating vertiport infrastructure and flying electric drones, raised £88.6M in Series C funding.
Backers included ACS, via its wholly owned infrastructure development/concessions business I... |
| 17.04.2024 | London-based Skyports secured over €103 million to build vertiports and accelerate its drone business | - |
| 17.04.2024 | Skyports: Flying taxis company raises £88m ahead of 2026 launch | Skyports, a London-headquartered company that is developing vertiports for flying taxis, has raised $110m (£88.3m) to build a site in Dubai and launch services in 2026.
The business secured the backing of infrastructure and construction com... |
| 02.01.2024 | Wheels, deals, and what we can expect from mobility this year | 2023 was undeniably been a tough year for scaleups in the mobility space. Companies like Clevr shuttles, Volta Trucks, and Uno filed for bankruptcy, while others struggled to bring their products to market or scale their customer base.
What... |
| 01.10.2023 | Dubai is hoping to launch a fully operational flying taxi service by 2026 | News Dubai is hoping to launch a fully operational flying taxi service by 2026
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| 18.05.2023 | Last mile delivery – Spotlighting 7 European start-ups who are lowering, dropping or delivering goods to your doorstep | As we are about to be treated to a ringside seat, next week, to a discussion on the race to doorstep delivery hosted by our very own Cate Lawrence we decided to introduce you to some of Europe's movers and shakers in last-mile delivery.
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| 24.02.2023 | Skyports Drone Services strengthens presence in Korea through Joint Venture with Korean drone company, Marine Drone Tech Inc. | BUSAN, South Korea, Feb. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Skyports, the leading Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) infrastructure developer and drone services provider today announced the formation of a joint venture (JV) entity between its drone services... |
| 02.08.2022 | Air taxi infrastructure startup Skyports closes £21.4m Series B | Drone infrastructure startup Skyports has closed its Series B funding round with a $3.13m (£2.56m) investment from ST Engineering’s venture capital arm, ST Engineering Ventures.
It brings Skyports’ Series B to a total of $26.13m (£21.4m). T... |
| 02.08.2022 | SG engineering firm’s VC unit invests $3m in UK air mobility startup | InvestmentsNewsStartups
Kul Bhushan · 4h ago · 1 min readSG engineering firm’s VC unit invests $3m in UK air mobility startup
Skyports, a UK-based advanced air mobility (AAM) infrastructure developer, has closed its series B funding round w... |
| 27.07.2022 | AirAsia to explore air taxis in Malaysia with UK firm | NewsRoboticsStartupsTransportation
Qishin Tariq · 28 Jul 2022 · 1 min readAirAsia to explore air taxis in Malaysia with UK firm
AirAsia has signed a one-year partnership with UK-based advanced air mobility (AAM) infrastructure developer Sky... |
| 20.06.2022 | New Trial Sees Scots Pupils Getting Drone Delivered School Dinners | In a UK first, pupils in remote parts of Argyll and Bute could soon be receiving drone delivered school dinners.
The council is partnering with drone specialists Skyports to trial the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in delivering sch... |
| 23.03.2022 | Skyports takes off with $23 million to scale up drone services | London-based electric air taxi infrastructure and drone services provider Skyports has raised $23 million. The first close of its Series B round saw the participation of existing institutional shareholders, including Deutsche Bahn Digital V... |
| 15.10.2021 | Top 10 Global Drone Delivery Startups | In recent years, drones have become central to the functioning of several businesses and governmental entities and have managed to pierce through the traditional way of doing business in many industries. Drones are rapidly growing in popula... |
| 26.05.2021 | Skyports adopts Kongsberg Geospatial tool to enhance BVLOS drone deliveries | A Skyports engineer prepares a Skyports drone for a medical delivery flight. The incorporation of Kongsberg Geospatial’s unique technology will move us a step closer to implementing permanent drone delivery operations and underscores the vi... |
| 28.01.2021 | UK’s first flying taxi hub to be built in Coventry | The UK’s first air hub for flying taxis and autonomous delivery drones is to be built in Coventry, with the backing of the UK government, in the biggest sign yet that policymakers are throwing their weight behind this high-tech transport so... |
| 01.09.2020 | Amazon Gains Federal Approval to Trial Delivery Drones in the US | E-commerce giant Amazon has received approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to begin trials of its “Prime Air” delivery drones.
Amazon has logged thousands of flight hours in preparation to gain certification, with the g... |
| 09.03.2020 | Skyports Extends Series A Capital Raise to £6M | Skyports, a London, United Kingdom, UK-based urban air mobility infrastructure (UAM) provider and drone delivery operator, raised an extension to its Series A funding, which now totals £6m.
Irelandia Aviation made the investment joining Ser... |
| 09.12.2019 | Skyports, the company behind the world’s first vertiport gets funded | Of late, urban air mobility aka urban transportation system by air is picking up the pace. Air mobility is growing, be it manned or unmanned. This market segment is estimated to be worth nearly $1.5 trillion (neatly €1.36 million) in just t... |
| 06.12.2019 | Skyports raises £5.35m Series A funding | Skyports, the urban air mobility infrastructure provider and drone delivery operator, has raised £5.35 million in Series A funding.
The round was jointly led by Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures (DBDV) and Groupe ADP, and also includes signifi... |
| 05.12.2019 | Skyports seals over £5 million Series A for its urban air mobility infrastructure and drone delivery business | London-based Skyports, the urban air mobility startup and drone delivery operator, has raised just over £5 million in Series A funding. Jointly led by Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures (DBDV) and Groupe ADP, the round also includes a fresh inf... |
| 05.12.2019 | Daily funding roundup - December 5th, 2019 | Allstacks has raised $4.7M; Vertosa landed $6M; Uniform Teeth secured $10M
MeetFrank: MeetFrank's career app is helping to solve the mismatch problem with its new relocation without location feature. MeetFrank has raised €1.5M funding led b... |
| 05.12.2019 | Skyports Raises £5.35M in Series A Funding | Skyports, a London, UK-based urban air mobility infrastructure provider and drone delivery operator, raised £5.35m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures (DBDV) and Groupe ADP, with participation from Levit... |
| 23.05.2019 | Volocopter to open its first air taxi landing facility ahead of trials in Singapore | The urban mobility industry has emerged as one of the biggest targets for investors, with bucketloads of cash plowed into electric scooters and transport apps, while Wall Street has seen two ride-hailing companies hit the public markets in ... |
| 23.05.2019 | Volocopter to open its first air taxi landing facility ahead of trials in Singapore | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
The urban mobility industry has emerged as one of... |
| - | Skyports takes off with $23 million to scale up drone services | London-based electric air taxi infrastructure and drone services provider Skyports has raised $23 million. The first close of its Series B round saw the participation of existing institutional shareholders, including Deutsche Bahn Digital V... |
| - | Skyports | “Connecting the world through our skies by owning and operating infrastructure for urban aviation and managing end to end drone deliveries.” |
