Hyderabad’s BluJ rolls out e-aircraft prototypeFounded in 2022 by former Skyroot Aerospace founding team member Amar Sri Vatsavaya and Utham Kumar Dharmapuri, the company is focusing on ...
27 May, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
IndiGo takes equity stake in air-taxi startup Sarla Aviation, backs eVTOL pushIndia's largest airline, IndiGo, has invested Rs 10 crore in Bengaluru-based Sarla Aviation, a startup developing electric flying taxis. Th...
16 Apr, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
IndiGo takes equity stake in air-taxi startup Sarla Aviation, backs eVTOL pushIndiGo, India’s largest airline, has invested in Bengaluru-based Sarla Aviation, which is developing an electric aircraft to be used as fly...
16 Apr, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
China's 10-passenger electric aircraft, the Matrix, hints at how big flying taxis can beIn Kunshan, China, AutoFlight demonstrated its Matrix eVTOL, the largest electric aircraft built in China, capable of carrying 10 passenger...
07 Mar, 2026, 12.04 AM IST
Vertical Aerospace bets on India for electric aircraft growthIndia is poised to become a major market for electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. Vertical Aerospace CEO Stuart Simpson highligh...
09 Feb, 2026, 03.34 PM IST
Punjab-based firm gets design approval for 5-seater electric air taxis capable of flying at 350 km/hNalwa Aero, a Punjab-based organization, has achieved a significant milestone by securing design approval from the DGCA for its 5-seater el...
25 Sep, 2025, 04.37 PM IST
Joby Aviation CEO becomes a billionaire overnight after stock skyrockets 160% and 11% in a dayJoby Aviation stock is soaring, jumping 160% since April, pushing CEO JoeBen Bevirt back into billionaire status with a $1.3 billion stake....
17 Jul, 2025, 03.45 AM IST
Drone startup BonV Aero secures funding from Unicorn India VenturesOdisha-based drone manufacturer and eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) platform BonV Aero plans to expand its research and devel...
30 Jan, 2025, 06.02 PM IST
IIT-Madras incubated ePlane receives DGCA acceptance certification for its e200X airtaxisThe Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has granted formal acceptance for the Type Certification of its electric Vertical Take-Off...
20 Jan, 2025, 11.44 AM IST
Honeywell, NXP Semiconductors expand partnership to develop aviation technologyHoneywell and NXP Semiconductors announced an expanded partnership to develop AI-driven technology for aviation and autonomous flying. The ...
09 Jan, 2025, 09.39 AM IST
DGCA issues circular advising airworthiness certification requirements for vertical take-off, landingThe Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued an advisory circular detailing the baseline airworthiness criteria for type cer...
11 Sep, 2024, 11.50 AM IST
Aviation regulator DGCA sets up internal working groups to develop norms for eVTOLs"In tandem with that, DGCA has also constituted internal working groups for studying various aspects related to operation of eVTOL to asses...
22 Jul, 2024, 04.31 PM IST
Indian startup The ePlane to develop electric air taxi prototype by March 2025The ePlane Company, from IIT Madras, aims to develop a flying electric taxi prototype by March, along with drones commercialization and eVT...
28 Apr, 2024, 03.47 PM IST
Marut Drones ties up with Japanese SkyDrive to explore Indian air transportation with flying taxisA press release from Marut Drones said it will play a pivotal role in identifying and establishing connections with potential customers and...
17 Jan, 2024, 04.35 PM IST
Explained: Will India have flying taxis by 2026?InterGlobe Enterprises (IGE), the promoter of India’s largest airline IndiGo, has tied up with a California-based electric vertical take-of...
14 Nov, 2023, 09.52 AM IST
Electric aircraft maker Eve agrees on potential sale of up to 150 flying carsThe fresh deals, announced during the Paris Airshow, include the possible purchase of 70 electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles (e...
20 Jun, 2023, 07.02 PM IST
Scindia pitches to bring eVTOL planes to IndiaeVTOLs are being deployed by the US Air Force and the Canadian Air Force. Once there is a Proof of Concept (PoC), then they can go for cert...
11 May, 2022, 10.59 PM IST