By Garth Calitz Cape Winelands Airport is being designed to do something rather more ambitious than simply provide another runway and terminal for the Western Cape. Buried within the airport’s long-term development plans is an idea that could prove considerably more important to aviation than the passenger terminal itself: a dedicated “sky corridor” designed to accommodate drones, VTOL aircraft and other emerging forms of aviation. The concept is still in its initial phase an

The DTA JP1 is a two-seat hybrid-electric eVTOL that takes a somewhat different approach to the emerging personal electric aircraft market. Rather than relying entirely on batteries, the French-designed aircraft combines electric propulsion with a hybrid power system, allowing DTA to target substantially longer endurance than many small battery-electric aircraft. DTA says the JP1 can remain airborne for up to two hours, with a claimed range of approximately 180 miles with two

Two of the aerospace industry's fastest-growing innovators have joined forces to unveil an ambitious new vertical lift platform that aims to bridge the gap between commercial aviation and modern military operations. At the 2026 Farnborough International Airshow, Anduril Industries and Archer Aviation introduced a jointly developed autonomous hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft platform designed to support a wide range of civilian and defence missions

Eve Air Mobility has reached two significant milestones in the certification journey of its Eve 100 electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, further strengthening the company's ambitions to bring the aircraft to global markets. Announced during the 2026 Farnborough International Airshow, the developments include the opening of a public consultation by Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) on updated airworthiness criteria for the Eve 100, as well as E

Joby Aviation has completed a series of piloted demonstration flights over the San Francisco Bay Area, including a route across the bay and around the Golden Gate Bridge, as the company continues its preparations for eventual commercial electric air taxi operations. The flights were intended to showcase the maturity of Joby’s aircraft and operating concept in a complex urban environment, while also drawing attention to the broader potential of electric vertical take-off and l

By Garth Calitz Urban transportation transformed on December 19, 2025. At Embraer’s famous flight test facility in Gavião Peixoto, São Paulo, a quiet revolution unfolded in the air. Eve Air Mobility embarked on the flight-test phase of its mission, achieving the first hover flight of its full-scale, uncrewed electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) prototype. For an industry that has long vowed to turn "The Jetsons" from fiction into reality, this milestone signifies mo

EHang Holdings Limited, a global leader in advanced air mobility (AAM), has broadened its product offerings with the official launch of the VT35, a next-generation long-range pilotless electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Building upon the earlier VT30 prototype, the VT35 features substantial enhancements in aerodynamics, structure, and systems, designed to extend autonomous aerial operations beyond urban areas to regional and intercity routes. The aircraf

In a groundbreaking step for both healthcare and aviation, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi has unveiled plans to establish the United Arab Emirates’ first hospital-based vertiport, in collaboration with Archer Aviation. The initiative marks a bold leap into the era of advanced air mobility (AAM), promising faster, quieter, and more sustainable transport options for patients, visitors, and time-critical medical logistics. The planned vertiport will provide direct eVTOL (electric ve

To drive safety in our future airspace, WMG at the University of Warwick has been working with the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on...

Joby Aviation has successfully conducted a flight between two U.S. airports, Marina (OAR) and Monterey (MRY), California, while operating...