Bristow has placed a firm order for two Volocopter VoloCity eVTOL aircraft with an option to purchase an additional 78 aircraft. 

The partners bring together decades of expertise in aircraft development, which now is applied to the novel eVTOL and EPS space.  

Built on an 18-month collaboration, the aim of the flight test campaign was to implement and scale an electric UAM ecosystem and testbed in NEOM, a smart city in Saudi Arabia.  

This European city may be the first in the world to offer electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL) services, which is planned to begin summer 2024.  

After five years working together in a joint eVTOL study on Emergency Medical Services and rescue operations, this nonprofit has confirmed purchase of two Volocopter aircraft, with options for 150 more.

This is the first time this software has collaborated in the Urban Air Mobility industry.

Volocopter and SITA, an IT provider to the air transport industry, have entered a partnership with SITA selected as Volocopter’s preferred digital and IT systems partner for vertiports. 

The European Union Aviation Safety Authority and Japan Civil Aviation Bureau have accepted Volocopter’s application process for concurrent type certification (TC) of the fully electric VoloCity aircraft to fly commercially in Japan.

Aeroporti di Roma, Atlantia, UrbanV, and Volocopter have successfully completed the first crewed electric vertical take-off and landing test flights in Italian airspace.

Volocopter has partnered with Singapore’s Institute of Technical Education (ITE) to launch a VoloCity public exhibition including free guided tours.