Tag: Vertical Aerospace

Vertical Aerospace to launch UK’s first electric air taxi network with Skyports Infrastructure and Bristow

Vertical Aerospace, today announced plans with Skyports Infrastructure (Skyports) and Bristow Group, to launch the UK’s first electric air-taxi routes between Canary Wharf and major transport hubs. Proposed routes to and from Canary Wharf at launch would include Heathrow, Gatwick, Cambridge and...

Vertical Aerospace unveils Valo, their new eVTOL Aircraft

Vertical Aerospace, a global aerospace and technology company that is pioneering electric aviation, today revealed Valo, its new commercial eVTOL aircraft that will enter into service following regulatory approval. Valo is the aircraft that succeeds Vertical’s VX4 prototype - with a new, more a...

Vertical Aerospace signs new customer Héli Air Monaco to open up French Riviera routes

Vertical Aerospace, a global aerospace and technology company, and Héli Air Monaco, the founding helicopter operator in the French Riviera, today announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the pre-order of Vertical’s Valo aircraft, opening a new chapter for sustainable air mobility along t...

Vertical Aerospace welcomes UK funding boost for next-generation aviation technology

Vertical Aerospace, a global aerospace and technology company, today welcomes the UK Department for Transport’s announcement that funding has been awarded to projects working on next-generation zero-emission aircraft and the development of vertical take-off and landing technology. Among the ini...

Vertical Aerospace prepares for final transition testing

Vertical Aerospace, a global aerospace and technology company pioneering electric aviation, today announced the successful completion of Phase 3 piloted wingborne flight testing of its VX4 prototype. The full scale VX4 has now taken off, flown, and landed like a conventional aircraft with lift ge...

Patrick Ky, former EASA executive director, joins Vertical Aerospace’s board

Vertical Aerospace, a global aerospace and technology company, today announced the appointment of Patrick Ky to its Board of Directors, strengthening the company’s regulatory expertise and leadership in certification. The appointment is effective as of 1 September 2025. Mr. Ky served as Executi...

Global air taxi market set to grow sixfold by 2033

The global air taxi market is forecast to expand from $1.32bn in 2024 to $7.74bn by 2033, driven by rapid advances in electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft and rising demand for fast, congestion-free urban transport, according to new research. The study by Research and Markets p...

Morocco to help build UK’s VX4 electric air taxi

British aviation firm Vertical Aerospace has confirmed that Morocco will play a role in producing its VX4 electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, through industrial operations run by a Spanish partner in Casablanca. The project will be delivered in collaboration with Aciturri Aeros...

Vertical Aerospace makes history with piloted eVTOL flight in open airspace

Vertical Aerospace, a global aerospace and technology company that is pioneering electric aviation, today announced it has made European aviation history with the first-ever piloted wingborne flight of a winged electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in open airspace. The landmark...

Vertical Aerospace adopts universal fast-charging standard

Vertical Aerospace, a global aerospace and technology company, today announces it will adopt the Combined Charging Standard (CCS) for the VX4, joining BETA Technologies and Archer Aviation in driving a universal, fast-charging system for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Thi...

Hanwha Aerospace, Vertical Aerospace expand eVTOL aircraft partnership

Hanwha Aerospace, a leading aircraft engine and advanced machinery manufacturer, and Vertical Aerospace have signed an agreement to collaborate on the design, testing, manufacture, and supply of tilt and blade pitch control system for Vertical's VX4 electric aircraft. Following the signing of a c...

Vertical Aerospace’s VX4 programme moves to the next phase

Vertical Aerospace, a global aerospace and technology company that is pioneering zero-emissions aviation, today provides an update on its overall programme. Flight Test Update Vertical concluded its remote thrustborne flight test campaign in July 2023, as the first full-scale VX4 prototype rea...

Vertical Aerospace Announces First Half-Year 2023 Financial Results

Vertical Aerospace Ltd., a global aerospace and technology company that is pioneering zero emission aviation, announces its financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The Company has also issued a shareholder letter in conjunction with the filing of its first half-year results, whi...

Vertical Aerospace progresses launch plans in Japan with Asia’s first eVTOL delivery slot reservation fee from Marubeni Corporation

Vertical Aerospace, a global aerospace and technology company that is pioneering zero-emissions aviation, today announces that it has secured a pre-delivery payment for the reservation of aircraft delivery slots from its existing customer, the leading Japanese trading and investment conglomerate, Ma...

Vertical Aerospace recruits new COO from Rolls-Royce

Vertical Aerospace, the aerospace and technology company that is pioneering electric aviation, announces the appointment of Harry Holt as Chief Operating Officer. Harry is joining Vertical from his current role as Chief People Officer at Rolls-Royce, one of the world's leading industrial te...

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