UK Awards £9.5m for World-first Electric Flight Ecosystem

FARNBOROUGH – A new consortium of leading British aviation companies was awarded government funding to demonstrate the commercial and operational viability of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM).

Demonstration of urban and cross-country flights planned at London Heathrow (LHR), Bristol (BRS), London City (LCY) airports, and a new vertiport at a London General Aviation (GA) airport.

The project is the first-of-a-kind advanced electric flight ecosystem that is aimed at accelerating the introduction of AAM in the UK.

Advanced Electric Flight Ecosystem. Image: Future Flight Challenge Consortium Isometric

The Consortium


Vertical Aerospace, Virgin Atlantic (VS), Atkins, Skyports, and NATS, along with Connected Places Catapult read more ⇒

Source:: “Airways Magazine”

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