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Osaka Metro Co. in Japan has completed its OsakaKo Vertiport, a facility for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft that are planned to conduct demonstration flights at Expo 2025.
OSAKA, Japan & TOYOTA, Japan, March 31, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Osaka Metro Co., Ltd. ("Osaka Metro") today announced the completion of the "OSAKAKO Vertiport", a new eVTOL take off and landing ...
The aircraft will fly between the Expo Vertiport (located inside the event's venue) and the new Osakako Vertiport, named after the closest metro station (Osaka Ko) since it is operated by Osaka Metro.
The Silicon Valley startup and United originally had hoped to start air taxi service from Vertiport Chicago, a helipad at the Chicago Medical District campus just west of downtown, to O’Hare ...
without incurring the cost and time it would take to build a bespoke vertiport. Archer selected this site because of its location at the cruise terminal, which is a thriving tourism hub welcoming ...
Air Synapsis, a Dubai-based company that provides heliport and vertiport design, supplies and project management services, supported the apron and airspace design work for the development of this ...
The aircraft was developed by US-based Lift Aircraft Inc. and operated by Marubeni Corp. Adorned with Expo-inspired designs and colors on its body, the vehicle took off from the Vertiport on the ...
“We left the event more bullish on eVTOL vertiport potential at larger airports after speaking with representatives from United’s Newark team,” Pierce commented on the matter. The other ...
By repurposing an existing facility, Archer and its partners can utilize current airspace regulations and infrastructure, avoiding the need for constructing a new vertiport from scratch.