Press Release: Global Commercial Drone Fleet to Surpass 5.6 Million by 2050 says Valour Consultancy

AAM, Aviation, Press Releases

June 12 2026, 15:00 British Summer Time (BST)  London. Valour Consultancy’s latest research forecasts that the global commercial fleet of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), or drones, will exceed 5.6 million aircraft by 2050. Its new report, “The Future of Commercial Drones – 2026”, covers delivery, inspection and surveillance, and agricultural applications, and complements the firm’s recently published “The Future of Advanced Air Mobility” study.  The agricultural market is already mature, particularly in China where DJI alone…

Press Release: Valour Consultancy Projects Almost 7,000 eVTOL Air Taxis by 2050

AAM, Aviation, Press Releases

June 10 2026, 17:00 British Summer Time (BST)  London. According to a new report by Valour Consultancy, “The Future of Advanced Air Mobility – 2026”, the in-service fleet of passenger electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) “air taxis” will reach 6,824 by 2050. Whilst more conservative than other headline-grabbing forecasts that imply rapid and widespread deployment, it is one grounded in aviation precedent.  According to report author Craig Foster, outside China, take-off and…

Re-Examining Urbanisation as a Key Driver of Future Air Taxi Demand

AAM, Airports, Aviation

In assembling research for our forthcoming report, “The Future of Advanced Air Mobility”, it became clear that there is a consistent narrative underpinning the public communications of passenger AAM developers like Joby, Archer, Eve, Supernal, and Vertical Aerospace. These companies frequently cite a long-term UN projection that around 68% of the global population will live…

O Vertiport, Where Art Thou? (Part II)

AAM, Aviation

In last month’s article, which formed Part I of this two-part series, we looked at how China’s various provinces and municipalities are planning for the low-altitude economy by building out many thousands of take-off and landing sites. In this follow-up, we take a virtual tour of the globe, honing in on those cities that have…