Skyports NHS Drone Delivery

NHS launches UK’s first COVID test drone delivery service in Scotland

London, United Kingdom (UK), Tuesday, 23rd February 2021 – Argyll & Bute Health & Social Care Partnership (HSCP) has begun carrying COVID test samples and other medical materials on drone delivery flights between medical facilities in the Argyll & Bute region. Following a proof-of-concept phase last year, the three-month initiative, which aims to help improve […]

Royal Mail partners with Skyports to trial inter-island drone deliveries across the Scilly Isles

Royal Mail and partners have delivered two more UK firsts. As part of a specialist consortium, Royal Mail becomes the first UK parcel carrier to deliver mail to a UK island in a 70 mile out-of-sight, autonomous flight to the Scilly Isles. Royal Mail has also trialled the first inter-island drone flights with a smaller […]

Embraer’s Eve and Skyports collaborate to develop innovative urban air mobility solutions in Asia and the Americas

Melbourne, Florida, June 21, 2021 – Embraer’s Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions, Inc. (Eve) and leading vertiport company Skyports have formed a partnership to develop urban air mobility (UAM) solutions, with a focus on vehicle-vertiport operations in early adopter markets in Asia and the Americas. The agreement extends the relationship between the two organizations, which […]

Skyports project awarded government grant funding as part of Future Flight Challenge

Project to explore feasibility of electric air taxis in the South West awarded government grant funding A consortium led by Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, and involving Vertical Aerospace and the West of England Combined Authority has secured an industrial research grant by the UK Government to look at the feasibility of an […]

Behind the Scenes – Launching the Worlds First Vertiport

Marina Bay perfectly represents modern and dynamic Singapore.  The whole Marina Bay area has undergone rapid and transformational development to become the focal point for visitors to the city, who flock from around the globe to wonder at the inspiring architectural delights that make up the jaw-dropping skyline. Strolling around the 3.5km waterfront promenade just […]

Skyports in the News

Vodafone Business – Building Better Futures: Lifelines in the Sky | CNN

Alastair’s obsession with flight started with model planes when he was a child. Now he’s working with revolutionary advanced air mobility company Skyports to provide drone delivery services, flying unmanned aircraft to transport essential medical supplies to some of the most remote places in the UK. Watch as he explains his love of technology and why it’s so important to stay connected.

Air Taxi Revolution Presents Exciting New Opportunities | Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific

We’ve joined Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific as a World Business Partner to expand our work with airports in the Asia Pacific region. Find out what this means for Skyports, for airports and for the future of advanced air mobility in an interview with our Head of APAC Yun-yuan Tay.

Air Tight Solutions | PAX Tech

Skyports in pioneering the design and construction of take-off and landing infrastructure for air taxis in major cities...

Building Vertical Cities | Aerospace America

Metropolitan areas including Miami and Orlando have emerged as potential early adopters of urban air mobility flights aboard electric aircraft. But this new mode of travel won’t take off unless UAM companies make the right business decisions about where to locate their vertiports and win permission from local authorities to build these landing pads.

Ryan-backed ‘sky taxis’ venture to invest millions in Shannon facility | Irish Independent

'UK air-transport infrastructure group Skyports – which is backed by Declan Ryan’s Irelandia Aviation – is investing millions of euro to establish a base at Shannon’s new Future Mobility Campus Ireland, the Irish Independent has learned.'

Up, up and away – Sky-taxi firms want to revolutionise transport | Irish Independent

Electric air taxi companies, like Skyports which is setting up a base in Shannon, believe they can change how we move from place to place...