Creator of drone and electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft vertiports, Urban-Air Port, has initiated construction of what is intended to be its first fully-operational next-generation air transport facility in the UK.
London-based Urban-Air Port announced Thursday that it had begun work on the new eVTOL and drone vertiport in the West Midlands city of Coventry. The facility isn’t the company’s first vertiport in the UK, or indeed in Coventry. Last year it assembled and opened a delivery UAV hub that has functioned as a public education showcase demonstrating how various small and advanced air mobility (AAM) services will integrate into daily life. Though it’s still unclear whether that initial unit will eventually transition to full operation, the launch of the new structure was hailed as preparing the future of goods and passenger urban transportation.
“We’re pleased to be working with our partners at Urban-Air Port to showcase…
