Tag: Volocopter

Volocopter dazzles with first flight in New York City

Volocopter, the pioneer of urban air mobility (UAM), completed its first flight test at the Downtown Manhattan Heliport (DMH) in New York City (NYC) with its crewed Volocopter 2X. Hosted by the Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, and the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), the ...

Bristow & Volocopter Partner to Bring UAM Services to U.S. and U.K.

Bristow Group Inc., the leading global provider of innovative and sustainable vertical flight solutions, and Volocopter, the pioneer of Urban Air Mobility (UAM), have signed an agreement to explore and develop passenger and cargo services for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in...

Volocopter Completes Production Setup for Electric Air Taxis

Volocopter, the pioneer of urban air mobility (UAM), announced yesterday the opening of its production facilities in Bruchsal. The company marked this milestone with the opening of a new hangar that will host the company’s final assembly line with an airfield to conduct development flight tests...

SITA AND VOLOCOPTER collaborate on DIGITAL infrastructure for vertiports

Volocopter, the pioneer of urban air mobility (UAM), and SITA, the world's leading 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. Under the agreement, SITA has become the latest inv...

Volocopter in Japan: Series E Investment and Regulatory Pathway Set

Volocopter, the pioneer of urban air mobility (UAM), announced today that Sumitomo Corporation, a Fortune 500 company and one of the largest trading companies in the world, invested in the company’s Series E Funding round. They will also become a key strategic partner for entry into service in ...

Volocopter Raises Additional USD 182 million

Volocopter has raised an additional USD 182 million in the second signing of its Series E funding round. NEOM – the Red Sea’s smart, cognitive region project – and GLy Capital Management of Hong Kong have joined Volocopter’s diverse investor base. This will carry the company beyond t...

Italy’s First Vertiport Deployed at Fiumicino Airport

Aeroporti di Roma (ADR), Atlantia, UrbanV, and the pioneer of urban air mobility (UAM), Volocopter, have successfully completed the first crewed eVTOL test flights in Italian airspace. These tests were part of a mobility ecosystem setup at Fiumicino's Leonardo da Vinci International Airport. ...

IQSMS Joins Volocopter’s UAM Ecosystem

Austrian software company ASQS GmbH, a leading global provider of aviation safety and quality management solutions, today announced a cooperation with Volocopter, the German pioneer for urban air mobility (UAM). Volocopter specializes in developing and delivering efficient solutions to transport ...

Volocopter’s 4-seater aircraft takes first flight

This month at the UP.Summit, an annual gathering of leaders in transportation innovation hosted by investment firm UP.Partners, urban air mobility (UAM) pioneer Volocopter announced that it has achieved another milestone to bring UAM to life: its fixed-winged passenger aircraft, the VoloConnect, co...

Volocopter Raises USD 170 million in First Signing of Series E Financing Round

Volocopter, the pioneer of urban air mobility, has raised USD 170 million in the initial signing of its Series E funding round led by South Korean investor WP Investment, at a pre-money valuation of USD 1.7 billion. Composed of funds by new and existing investors, the money raised will assist wit...

NEOM and Volocopter establish joint venture

NEOM, the sustainable regional development in northwest Saudi Arabia and Volocopter, urban air mobility, have established a joint venture company to design, implement, and operate the world's first bespoke public vertical mobility system in NEOM. Air taxi and vertical logistics services will ...

Volocopter Conducts South Korea’s First Crewed Public Air Taxi Test Flight

German urban air mobility (UAM) pioneer, Volocopter, has completed the first test flight with its 2X aircraft in Seoul, South Korea. It was the first ever crewed public test flight of a fully electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air taxi in South Korea. The Republic's Minister...

CAE and Volocopter partner to create the global air taxi pilot workforce of tomorrow

CAE, a global leader in aviation training, and Volocopter, the pioneer of urban air mobility (UAM), announced today the signing of a strategic partnership, subject to definitive agreement, to develop, certify, and deploy an innovative pilot training program for electric vertical takeoff and landing...

Volocopter Secures Production Organisation Approval

Volocopter, the pioneer of urban air mobility (UAM), announced today that it has secured Production Organisation Approval (POA) in compliance with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA Part 21G). The company is acquiring its long-standing, trusted partner in innovation and productio...

Volocopter Raises €200 Million in Series D Funding Round

Volocopter, the pioneer of urban air mobility (UAM), announced the signing of their Series D funding round today, raising €200 million in additional capital. Cumulatively, Volocopter has raised €322 million. The funding will be used to solidify Volocopter's leading position in the UAM marke...

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