DroneX 2026: Commercial Drones Are Ready to Scale – But Is the Infrastructure?

AAM, Aviation

  The commercial drone industry is entering an interesting phase. Having spent years demonstrating what unmanned aircraft can do, attention is increasingly turning towards how these capabilities can be deployed at scale. From emergency response and critical infrastructure inspection to last-mile delivery, the opportunities are expanding. However, regulatory frameworks, airspace integration and reliable connectivity remain…

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…