UK’s first Advanced Air Mobility simulation underway  

The UK’s first major air traffic control simulation for advanced air mobility, demonstrating how electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) craft could be safely integrated with conventional air traffic, has been held by the Advanced Mobility Ecosystem Consortium. The consortium is a Future Flight Challenge programme jointly funded by UK Research and Innovation and includes Vertical Aerospace, Virgin Atlantic, AtkinsRéalis, Skyports, NATS, Connected Places Catapult, Cranfield University and WMG – University of Warwick. Ahead of a first planned real-world demonstration flight in late 2024, the first round of simulations is described by the National Air Traffic Services (NATS) as a