Air-One opens *

As anticipated in last week’s BTN Air One at Coventry the world’s first Vertiport opened in a Coventry City Council car park (postcode CV1 3FZ) on Monday 25 April. 

The facility is accessible to the public until 15 May and will be redeployed in additional cities worldwide later this year to continue highlighting future Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) passenger journeys and operations first-hand.

"The Air-One activation is an important step for the Advanced Air Mobility industry and demonstrates how eVTOLs can easily integrate with existing transportation networks to address local needs", said Mike Whitaker, Chief Commercial Officer, Supernal, a division of Korean company Hyundai. "The reality is no single mode of transportation – current or future – can solve cities' traffic and congestion challenges. Supernal is working with partners like Urban-Air Port to design infrastructure that brings multiple modes of transportation together under one 'roof' and enable AAM to reach its full potential".

The 17,000sq ft radial Air-One was erected in 11 weeks and is divided into fully outfitted "zones", including a passenger lounge, café, retail pop-up, cargo logistics hub, electric and hydrogen air vehicle hangar, security screening, command and control centre. The zones are anchored by a patented 56ft circular final approach and take-off (FATO) platform that raises 19ft in the sky – using a compact, state-of-the-art, synchronized link-lift system – to enable future electric air vehicle take-offs and landings.

https://aironeaviation.com

www.urbanairport.co.uk

https://supernal.aero

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