The partners are among several advanced air mobility companies engaged with Japanese authorities with a view to launching eVTOL air taxi services in the country from 2025.

Aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce and tranportation consultancy Roland Berger say the Asia Pacific market could generate annual revenues of $36.9 billion by 2050.

The company reported the accident in an 8K filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 16.

The company's MF-100 aircraft is remotely monitored by fully trained pilots and will be able to operate from small landing sites where freight can be automatically transferred to and from last-mile ground vehicles.

The Norwegian airline is joining a 12-month joint study with the UK-based aero engines group and the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer.

Operators in Australia this week made agreements with the manufacturer that could lead to 90 more of its eVTOL aircraft entering service from 2026.

The Southeast Asian scheduled airline has agreed to take at least 100 of Vertical Aerospace's four-passenger VX4 eVTOL aircraft from leasing group Avolon.

The partners will work to launch eVTOL air taxi services in Japanese cities such as Osaka by 2025, as part of a government-backed plan for advanced air mobility.

Volocopter and Skyports both see potential for the airfield location to play a part in their plans for introducing eVTOL aircraft services in the Southeast Asian country by 2024.

Air traffic navigation service provider Skyway is partnering with other specialists like weather data group TruWeather to offer an open support system for uncrewed and piloted aircraft.

Omer Bar-Yohay co-founded the company and has led its efforts to bring the nine-passenger, all-electric, fixed-wing aircraft to market.

In its new Roadmap document, Volocopter says the introduction of eVTOL aircraft passenger and freight flights could boost the Singapore economy to the tune of S$4.18 billion ($3.1 billion) by 2030.

Flight testing with one-third-scale prototypes of the two-seat ANN2 are continuing, with a full-scale prototype to follow in 2023.

A seed funding rounding has yielded $12.4 million to support efforts to bring the nine-passenger aircraft into commercial service by 2026.

The first examples of the cells have just been shipped to the manufacturer of pseudo satellites, and Amprius says they could also be used to power larger eVTOL aircraft.

Singapore-based Yugo offers charter flights in aircraft flown by partner operators, including on business jets, and now plans to add Electra's eSTOL aircraft to its inventory.

Elbit's Hermes Starliner uncrewed air system, which is intended for a variety of surveillance and inspection roles, will be able to operate alongside piloted aircraft .

The Florida-based start-up intends to begin flight tests by the end of 2022, and says it will be ready to commence deliveries in 2024.

Volocopter recently started flight testing its two-seat VoloCity prototype and is also developing a larger VoloConnect model and the VoloDrone autonomous freighter.

The first carbon fiber aerostructures coupons were tested at Toray Advanced Composites, which is a production partner in Joby's eVTOL program.