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 […]

Skyports joins the UK Civil Aviation Authority Regulatory Sandbox to develop Urban Air Mobility Concept of Operations

Eve-led aviation consortium joins UK Civil Aviation Authority to develop Urban Air Mobility Concept of Operations London, UK, January 20, 2021 – A consortium of urban air mobility and aviation companies has commenced work on a concept of operations for integrating air taxis and electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVTOLs) into the UK’s airspace. […]

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

Royal Mail to trial drones to deliver items from mainland UK to Isles of Scilly | Sky News

Royal Mail will trial the use of drones to deliver health and safety equipment, COVID-19 testing kits and other items to the Isles of Scilly.

London’s best Aerospace companies to work for and buy from | Best Startup

This article showcases Best Startup's top picks for the best London based Aerospace companies. "These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Aerospace industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow."

Vertiport plans support Singapore’s case to be world’s first eVTOL air taxi market | FutureFlight

Skyports is working with local government agencies and its partner Volocopter to develop vertiports to support eVTOL air taxi services in Singapore.

Road to the Future | CNN

Skyports CEO, Duncan Walker, talks with CNN about designing, planning and building vertiports.

eVTOL Insights Podcast | Yun-yuan Tay talks about potential for air taxis in Asia-Pacific region

Our head of Asia Pacific, Yun Yuan Tay, joined Jason Pritchard on the eVTOL Insights podcast where he discussed the criteria behind Skyports’ global locations, why collaboration is key to AAM development, and how we’re working to build public acceptance ahead of eVTOL commercialisation.

Reaching for the skies | CTV National News

Daniele Hamamdjian has the story of how drone deliveries are getting rapid COVID-19 tests to remote communities in the United Kingdom.