Is Friedrichshafen Stealing EBACE’s Thunder?

Is Friedrichshafen Stealing EBACE’s Thunder?

The 30th edition of the Aero Friedrichshafen show was held at the Messe Friedrichshafen Conference and Expo Centre at Friedrichshafen Airport in Germany, 17-20 April 2024. It had the feel of a show that is increasingly Europe’s leading ‘Business and General Aviation’ event rather than just the region’s number one attraction for the light and sport aviation aircraft community.

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Oxford Airport Raises Bizav ‘Green Hub’ Profile, as it Ponders eVTOL London Links

Oxford Airport Raises Bizav ‘Green Hub’ Profile, as it Ponders eVTOL London Links

We attended London Oxford Airport’s (EGTK) Media Day on May 2nd, 2024. Those clever fellows at Oxford also own London’s only full-time licensed heliport, at Battersea. This, combined with eVTOL craft such as the Lilium Jet, could soon make the link between the two quieter and more affordable than helicopters, and possibly faster and more regular. “The regulators will never have it,” you may say. OK, agreed. But if they did, Oxford would – in effect – move closer to London.

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Report on RAeS President’s ‘Future of Flight’ Summit

Report on RAeS President’s ‘Future of Flight’ Summit

A recent ‘Future of Flight’ summit at the Royal Aeronautical Society in London (20-21 September 2023) highlighted the growing significance of new in-development aircraft powered electrically or by hydrogen, many of which can take off and land vertically (the so-called ‘eVTOLs’). The Future of Flight summit was opened by RAeS president, 2023-24, Kerissa Khan, who has spectacularly broken the mold of typical RAeS presidents who tend to be male (not always) and late in their career.

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Signature Flight Support Partners with Uber Elevate

Signature Flight Support will provide ground support to Uber Air and Uber Copter operations in a nationwide partnership with Uber Elevate, Signature chief commercial officer Shawn Hall says. At this week’s Uber Elevate Summit, the expansive FBO organization announced it will be the first ground handling company to translate its experience to the aerial ridesharing industry. Additionally, Signature will act as a main contributor in the development of “Skyport” infrastructure, to be used by Uber Air electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVTOLs) to pick up and drop off passengers.
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