United Airlines has placed an order for the delivery of 200 four-person drone taxis. With this, the company wants to focus on transporting people to and from airports, making car trips unnecessary and reducing CO2 emissions. The drone taxis will…
An experimental drone flight from Den Helder to Texel in The Netherlands and back was successfully carried out last week. Initially, the flight was supposed to take place two weeks ago, but then low-hanging clouds threw a spanner in the…
The experimental drone delivery flight to Texel in the Netherlands was canceled at the last minute, but we learned a lot along the way. Low-hanging clouds prevented an experimental transport flight with a drone from Den Helder to Texel on…
Car manufacturer Volkswagen is thinking of producing not only driving but also flying passenger vehicles in the future. This is evident from the unveiling of a prototype eVTOL called Flying Tiger. The four-person drone taxi was developed by the Vertical…
During a recent test flight, an experimental passenger drone or EVTOL designed for passenger transport by the American company Aura Aerospace caught fire. The failure of a current regulator during regenerative braking is to blame. The company’s director uses the incident to emphasize the importance of…
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is the first aviation authority in the world to publish draft regulations regarding the use of drone taxis in urban environments. This records, among other things, the airworthiness of aircraft, the training, and…
In Denmark, the start of the three-year HealthDrone project has been heralded with a medical drone flight over a distance of no less than 31 miles. During the flight, a number of blood samples were transported from Svendborg Hospital to…
The Chinese company EHang has started offering drone show services in the European market. To this end, EHang has entered into a partnership with the Austrian event agency Concept Solutions. With the new Drone Pixel service, the companies are responding…
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved the airworthiness criteria for the Wingcopter 198 delivery drone, marking an important milestone in the type certification process in the United States. Wingcopter, a pioneer in German drone delivery, is thrilled to announce…
German Airways parent company Zeitfracht Group has entered into a partnership with drone manufacturer Wingcopter, with the aim of deploying unmanned aircraft worldwide for offshore drone delivery to wind farms and sailing ships. The drones will be deployed from the…
German drone company, Wingcopter signed a $16M contract with medical flight service provider Spright, which is currently building a health care drone delivery network across the US with more than 300 locations. Spright signed a purchase agreement with Wingcopter worth…
Japanese tour operator AirX has placed an order with Chinese manufacturer EHang for the delivery of 50 two-person EH216 drone taxis. The intention is that the electric flying taxis will be used for the first time during the 2025 World…