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Flying cars: Urban Air Port gains Government backing A company developing aviation infrastructure for electric and autonomous air vehicles has backing of UK Government and Hyundai 28 Jan 2021 Flying cars could be on the way, with the UK Government having awarded financial support to a company that’s developing aviation infrastructure for electric and autonomous air vehicles with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capability. British firm Urban Air Port’s project ‘Air-One’ will see the world’s first fully operational hub for electric VTOL aircraft - such as cargo drones and flying ...

The facility, known as Air One, will be built through a partnership involving South Korean car-maker Hyundai. It is proposed the hub will host electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft, including air taxis and autonomous delivery drones, transporting people and cargo across cities over coming years. A visual representation of the Air One site in central Coventry (Urban Air Port Ltd/PA) The site, which is being developed by the company Urban Air Port, is set to be unveiled later this year during the Coventry City of Culture celebrations. It comes after the project was awarded a �...

Boeing Co has unveiled plans to deliver commercial aircraft capable of using 100% biofuel by 2030. Using existing technologies under current regulations, it can only use biofuel blends of up to 50%, EURACTIV’s media partner, edie.net, reports. Boeing is striving to halve emissions by 2050 and sees biofuels playing a key role in meeting the target In a statement released late last week, the US-based plane manufacturer said that changes will need to happen across the fields of jet system engineering and global regulation for the new innovation vision to be realised. On the former, there are c...

Posted 22 January 2021 16:30 AGS Airports, which owns and manages Aberdeen, Glasgow and Southampton airports, is to lead a consortium that will develop and trial what will be the UK’s first national distribution network to use drones to transport essential medicines, blood, organs and other medical supplies throughout Scotland.   The AGS led consortium, which brings together 14 organisations including the University of Strathclyde, and leading air traffic control provider NATS, successfully secured £1.5 million from the UK Industrial Strategy Future Flight Challenge Fund to demonstrate ...

Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (HIAL)’s Sustainable Aviation Test Environment project (SATE) will involve testing of different types of low-carbon