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Your next e-flight could be taking off in Thailand ✈️🔋https://hubs.li/Q02Y0zr10 📍"Chinese flying taxi company EHang (NASDAQ: EH) conducted its first passenger flights in Thailand in advance of setting up commercial flight operations there." 📍"EHang received permission for the flights from the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT), and the electric aerial vehicle (EAV) maker plans to conduct flight tests in Thailand and launch commercial operations in the regions of Phuket and Koh Samui by 2025." Short-haul aviation (which produces about one-third of emissions from commercial aviation) will be disrupted by the combination of electric aircraft and overnight road trips in A-EVs. The disruption of transportation by autonomous electric vehicles is well underway. 🚀 Become an expert: https://hubs.li/Q02Y0DNW0

Air taxis for last mile transport 🤝 LYTE Aviation has announced a partnership with CRISALION at EBACE 2024. Passengers flying on new regional routes of up to 1000km with the LA-44 SkyBus will benefit in the near future from the new collaboration with Crisalion Mobility and its 5-seater eVTOL ‘Integrity’ that will take over the last mile transport for shorter ranges. Find out more > > https://hubs.ly/Q02z2Fk20 Freshta Farzam, CEO & Founder LYTE Aviation, said; “We are in the position today to shape new routes and new collaborations the way we see our customers and future passengers will benefit most from. And as being the only 40 seater eVTOL in the industry, also called the SkyBus, we can lead the way by initiating strong ties with 2- to 4-seater air taxis and drones (up to 500kg) to take over the last mile for our passengers and customers in the future. “With this collaboration, with Crisalion Mobility air taxi (and many more to come), we are taking UAM and RAM a step further by pioneering new routes and business cases in combination with our regional range of up to 1,000km and their short range of up to 200km, our large passenger capacity of 40 pax and their more compact capacity of 5pax. And we both offer point to point transfer, without requiring a runway.” Oscar Lara Rapp, Crisalion Mobility Chief Operating Officer, said; “We are excited to work with LYTE Aviation to analyse and study the interfaces between their eVTOLs and ours. "This is another step forward in Crisalion’s commitment to R&D and sustainability in air transport and will allow us to adapt to market needs, as eVTOLs are the future of the industry for both short- and long-haul flights. A significant number of market players will be involved in the new mobility ecosystem and it is a privilege for us to work with LYTE Aviation." More details on the Advanced Air Mobility International website. #evtol #transport #mobility #aircraft #aerospace #aviation #aerospace

Chinese flying taxi sector claims global lead thanks to regulatory support Shanghai’s AutoFlight wins approval for unmanned aircraft in nascent market forecast to be worth $1.5tn a year by 2040 A Shanghai flying taxi company says that China’s “low altitude” industry is edging ahead of western rivals, thanks to more supportive regulators, technological breakthroughs and cut-throat competition in the Chinese logistics sector. The total market created by electric vertical take-off and landing, or eVTOL, aircraft is forecast to be worth $1.5tn a year by 2040 in a base-case assessment by Morgan Stanley analysts, with potential customers across airlines, logistics, emergency services, agriculture, tourism and security operations. China’s AutoFlight Group won airworthiness certification from the CAAC - Civil Aviation Administration of China in late March for the design and parts for its unmanned CarryAll aircraft — a global first for an #eVTOL weighing more than 1 tonne being cleared by regulators. Kellen Xie, AutoFlight vice-president, said that while the company is also seeking similar approvals in Europe, the CAAC has been “quite supportive” of the new industry. “They work longer hours . . . they are determined to actually speed up the process of bringing this new technology into reality,” he said. EVTOL aircraft take off vertically, like helicopters, but then transition into fixed-wing mode for travelling at higher speeds, offering faster and more efficient transport than ground-based options. Analysts point to a labyrinth of regulatory and safety hurdles, but supporters say the technology could fundamentally reshape how humans travel and freight is moved, in a level of disruption akin to the introduction of mass-market cars and commercial airlines. Most eVTOL aircraft are still in the testing stages and vary widely in terms of how fast and high they can fly and how much weight they can carry. Morgan Stanley analysts have previously noted a key challenge for aircraft operators looms in navigating tightly controlled air space restrictions, especially in and around urban areas. #UAM #AAM #UrbanAirMobility

Urban air mobility is set to revolutionize transportation in traffic-congested areas, with flying taxis and emergency service drones expected to take off as soon as 2026.   The UK government's 'The Future of Flight' action plan unveils a vision for eVTOLs, promising a £45 billion boost to the economy by the end of the decade. While there are still challenges to eVTOL deployment — including infrastructure and regulations — solutions are in sight.   In a recent op-ed in the Evening Standard, our Senior Vice President Beth Bernitt delves into the infrastructure hurdles facing urban air mobility and the integrated solutions needed to overcome them. From site selection models to rapid charging infrastructure, she explains how we’re paving the way for sustainable vertical take-off flight.   Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/eD6BGh3g #AECOM #EVTOL #Aviation

At this year’s EBACE event, LYTE Aviation announced an exciting partnership with CRISALION, utilizing CRISALION’s five-seater air taxi, Integrity, for ‘last-mile’ transport operations. This collaboration enhances LYTE Aviation's hybrid-hydrogen tilt-wing solution, set to operate within the next five years. LYTE’s portfolio includes the SkyBus for mass transit, SkyTruck for cargo, and X-Prime for premium seating. The partnership with CRISALION also expands LYTE's offerings to include the ‘TurboBus’ for Humanitarian Aid, boasting a range of up to 2,000 km and speeds up to 500 km/h! This innovation promises significant business for air taxis and drones across various use cases. Freshta Farzam, CEO & Founder of LYTE Aviation, stated, “We are in a position today to shape new routes and collaborations for the benefit of our customers and future passengers. As the only 40-seater eVTOL, the SkyBus can lead the way by creating strong ties with 2- to 4-seater air taxis and drones to manage the last mile for our passengers and customers.” Oscar Lara Rapp, Chief Operating Officer at CRISALION, added, “We are excited to work with LYTE Aviation to analyze and study the interfaces between our eVTOLs. This collaboration marks another step forward in CRISALION’s commitment to R&D&I and sustainability in air transport, adapting to market needs as eVTOLs represent the future of the industry.” CRISALION, a developer of advanced electric mobility solutions, was created in 2019 and boasts innovative technologies and the unique FlyFree technology, which enhances aircraft stability and safety. This collaboration between LYTE Aviation and CRISALION exemplifies the innovative strides being made in the urban and regional air mobility (UAM and RAM) sectors, promising efficient, sustainable, and seamless point-to-point transfer solutions for the future. Read the full article on our blog for more details! #AvfoilNews #LYTEAviation #Crisalion #eVTOL #UrbanAirMobility #AviationInnovation #SustainableTransport #EBACE2024 #SkyBus #FlyFree #LastMileTransport #FutureOfFlight #HybridHydrogen #AirTaxis #Drones

Top 5 Companies in The Electric Air Taxi Market Electric Air Taxi is a commercial aircrafts for short flights. They are a type of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) systems that uses electric power to takeoff and landing vertically. The eVTOL based systems came into existence due to the advanced combination of batteries, motors and controllers and growing necessity for urban air mobility. #ElectricAir #TaxiCompanies Brandessence® Market Research

🚁The UK is gearing up for a futuristic transformation in transportation as the first piloted flying taxi could take to the skies in just two years. The Department for Transport (DfT) has unveiled its ambitious Future of Flight Action Plan, which not only sets the stage for piloted flying taxis by 2026 but also envisions flying taxis without pilots on board by 2030. The future of urban air mobility is on the horizon! #FlyingTaxis #FutureofFlight #InnovationInTransportation #aviationnews

EHang continues to fly forward. The big points that should be taken from the expansion of their tourism operations would be the lessons that they are learning, particularly in UTM. The ability to control their aircraft remotely and to ensure safe transit will be fundamental to certification in other countries. It will be interesting to see if they are able to excite more of the world to the same degree that DJI did with the early drone market. If they do, the rest of the OEMs need to take note and find their own discriminators to compete. #aam #ehang #singleseatconsulting

#fundayMonday - funny how #whatsoldisnew again with the #advancedairmobility? These are the same pormises helicopter makers made in the late 1940s and early 1950s, so lets face the reality that greener and quieter is great, but there are no new usecases and no real value add for society in general when it comes to passenger eVTOLs - The real value add is eVTOL sUAS delivery and other small commercial drones.

On another #SmartCity note, the #innovation pace of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (#UAVs or aerial drones) is going incredibly fast. As a kid, who never dreamed of owning a flying car? Perhaps if you're stuck in traffic every day, you still might have that ambition 😅. Today, electric air-taxis are a reality! China's AutoFlight performed a successful demo flight between Shenzhen and Zhuhai last month, with a craft that can carry up to 5 passengers over a distance of 250 km, at a speed of 200 km/h. All this on a single charge! I'm curious to see how this market will evolve in Europe. What do you think? Would you ever set foot in one of these babies? Should we allow them in our airspace? Looking forward to your comments! https://lnkd.in/eH9unma2