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Joby Launches First eIPP Flights In Texas With Fort Worth To DFW Hop — Sep 17, 2026 — Joby Aviation has begun the FAA's eVTOL Integration Pilot Program in Texas, flying its all-electric air taxi from Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airp...Archer Aviation Launches 'No Roads' Flight Tour Ahead Of LA28 And White House Pilot — Sep 8, 2026 — Archer Aviation kicked off its multi-state 'No Roads' Midnight flight tour on September 3, starting in Northern California ahead of the White House's...EHang EH216-S Completes First Public Pilotless Flight In Hong Kong Cyberport — Sep 1, 2026 — EHang's EH216-S became the first pilotless passenger eVTOL to fly publicly in Hong Kong, taking off from the Cyberport waterfront vertiport on August...Electra, Helsinki, Haaga-Helia Sign MOU On EL9 Air Service To Tallinn — Aug 31, 2026 — Electra, the City of Helsinki and Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences signed an August 27, 2026 memorandum to study EL9 Ultra Short hybrid-elec...Korean Air Partners With Archer Aviation On Militarized Midnight eVTOL For South Korea — Aug 28, 2026 — Korean Air has struck a partnership with Archer Aviation to adapt the Midnight eVTOL for the South Korean military, with the flag carrier handling air...TfL Grants Wayve PHV Licences for London Robotaxi Trial With Uber — Aug 9, 2026 — Transport for London has issued Private Hire Vehicle licences to Wayve's autonomous Ford Mustang Mach-E fleet, completing the triple-lock needed to la...Eve Air Mobility Completes First Partial Transition eVTOL Flight — Aug 7, 2026 — Eve's engineering prototype fired up its rear pusher propeller in flight for the first time, hitting 30 knots ground speed and closing in on wing-born...Hitachi Energy and Eve Air Mobility Sign MoU on eVTOL Power Infrastructure — Jul 22, 2026 — Hitachi Energy and Eve Air Mobility sign a memorandum of understanding to co-develop the grid, substation and charging infrastructure needed to scale...Eve Air Mobility Signs LOI With Shearwater For Up To 16 eVTOL Aircraft — Jul 19, 2026 — Eve Air Mobility, the Embraer-backed advanced air mobility company, announced at the Farnborough International Airshow that aviation finance specialis...Vertical Aerospace To Fly First eVTOL Public Demos At Farnborough — Jul 19, 2026 — Vertical Aerospace will fly the Valo prototype in public demonstration flights throughout Farnborough International Airshow 2026, a first for the eVTO...Joby Lands Mobile eVTOL Simulator At Dayton Air Show Ahead Of Ohio Production — Jun 15, 2026 — Joby Aviation parks its mobile flight simulator at the Dayton Air Show this weekend as part of its Electric Skies Tour, showcasing the S4 air taxi ahe...Vertical Aerospace Starts Hybrid-Electric Integration Tests, Builds First Valo Battery — Jun 2, 2026 — UK eVTOL maker Vertical Aerospace began integration tests for its next-generation hybrid-electric propulsion stack and produced the first all-electric...Joby and Archer Trade Lawsuits as U.S. eVTOL Race Turns Litigious — Jun 1, 2026 — Joby Aviation has sued Archer Aviation over alleged corporate espionage and Archer has hit back with counter-claims and a separate patent suit against...Electra Sees Demand for 16,000 Hybrid-Electric Regional Aircraft in US — May 29, 2026 — Electra's first Direct Aviation Market Outlook estimates the US will need 12,000 to 16,000 hybrid-electric regional aircraft between 2030 and 2040 to...Kazakhstan Builds a Smart City Around Drones and Air Taxis — May 27, 2026 — A2Z Drone Delivery has partnered with Kazakhstan's Alatau Advance Air Group to embed drone deliveries and eVTOL air taxis into the new Alatau City fro...AutoFlight Flies Mixed eVTOL Formation, Starts V5000 Cert — May 26, 2026 — AutoFlight has completed a three-aircraft mixed-fleet formation flight of its V5000 Matrix and V2000 eVTOLs, and moved its heavy-lift V5000CGH cargo v...Eve eVTOL Wraps Hover Tests, Eyes Transition Flights — May 24, 2026 — Eve Air Mobility, Embraer's air-taxi arm, completed the hover and low-speed phase of eVTOL flight testing after 59 flights, advancing toward transitio...