The only way is up for the future of aviation

Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft have been in development for some years now, indeed Airline Economics sister magazine Aviation Life https://www.aviationnews-online.com/aviationlife/  has followed the eVTOL story since Issue 1 in 2018. The dream of making vertical flight accessible to all, on demand and carbon free, has taken a giant step forward today with the endorsement of UK-based Vertical Aerospace’s VA-X4 project from leading airlines and lessors that have placed conditional pre-order of 1,000 aircraft for a total of up to $4bn. The VA-X4 is a zero-carbon aircraft that can carry four passengers and a pilot, and fly at