Volatus Infrastructure steadily expands its AAM vertiport activities

Wisconsin-based vertiport specialist Volatus Infrastructure has announced additional business that – while admittedly modest – reflects the company’s efforts to enlarge its foothold in the design and construction of advanced air mobility (AAM) infrastructure – an activity that, up until now, seems to be largely dominated by European and South American companies.

In what may be a replication of the Little Engine That Could mentality, Volatus Infrastructure has been building its vertiport business with a steady series of contracts and partnerships that has gradually lifted its profile in the AAM sector. The most recent was a deal struck this month with the privately-owned Bellafonte Airport in central Pennsylvania to have a single landing pad and charging station fully operational later this year – a deadline well in advance of the certification and production of electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL) that will eventually use…