Ben Goldstein

Aviation Week's Jeremy Kariuki, Graham Warwick and Ben Goldstein discuss the potential effects advanced air mobility may have on the business aviation industry.

2024 was supposed to be the year that electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxis launched services, but by mid-year it was apparent that goal was no longer obtainable.

Merlin Labs has announced the beginning of its certification flight test campaign, marking the latest milestone on its road map to certify the Merlin Pilot autoflight system as a retrofit for the Cessna Caravan.

Swiss startup Jekta has announced an order from South Korean lessor Solyu for 30 of its PHAZE-100 hydrogen-electric seaplanes.

MONTREAL—Eve Air Mobility is aiming to fly its full-scale engineering prototype “early next year,” CEO Johann Bordais said on the sidelines of the four-day ICAO Advanced Air Mobility Symposium.

Airbus UAM CEO Balkiz Sarihan tells Aviation Week the CityAirbus NextGen full-scale eVTOL prototype is on track to make its first flight before year-end.

The AAM Stock Composite followed stock markets higher last week on hopes of coming interest rate cuts, notching a 9% gain compared to a 4% increase in the S&P 500.

Vertical Aerospace says it has enough cash to make it into the second quarter (Q2) of 2025, but will need to raise more to see its VX4 electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi through to type certification.