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…