AutoFlight and Falcon Aviation Companies have launched into a pioneering collaboration aimed toward spearheading the development of Superior Air Mobility (AAM) within the United Arab Emirates and all through the area.
Falcon Aviation Companies (FAS) is a number one Enterprise Aviation Companies Operator within the Center East and Africa area (MENA), and a key participant within the United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities’s AAM technique, whereas AutoFlight is on the forefront of cutting-edge autonomous eVTOL plane design and manufacturing. These trailblazing corporations have formally marked their dedication with the signing of a ground-breaking Memorandum of Understanding, pledging to collaboratively forge an modern AAM technique throughout the area.
Mark Robert Henning, Managing Director of AutoFlight Europe mentioned:
“Our collaboration with Falcon Aviation Companies, a distinguished chief in aviation excellence, is a serious milestone within the development of Superior Air Mobility within the UAE and the broader MENA area. Collectively on this sturdy partnership, we take pleasure in having the ability to showcase the capabilities of our modern Prosperity passenger eVTOL and cargo CarryAll to the Emirates, spearheading a revolution in regional aerial mobility.”
Captain Raman Oberoi, Chief Working Officer of Falcon Aviation Companies mentioned:
“We’re thrilled about partnering with AutoFlight, as we’re an integral a part of the UAE authorities’s AAM technique. This partnership with AutoFlight in the present day aligns with our dedication to delivering an efficient and sustainable new city transportation mode. With our unparalleled repute and experience in helicopter operations and MRO (Upkeep Restore & Overhauling) for practically 20 years, Falcon is main the way in which to launch this revolutionary idea within the UAE and MENA area.”
Falcon Aviation Companies offers an intensive vary of Operational and Aviation Assist Companies, which embrace fascinating Helicopter Sightseeing Excursions from a few of the UAE’s most iconic locations, corresponding to Atlantis Resort, The Palm, Abu Dhabi Ports, and Expo 2020. Notably, it holds a place among the many prime 5 helicopter tour spots on this planet. At the moment, the corporate serves 70,000 sightseeing passengers yearly and goals to double this quantity throughout the subsequent three years. Moreover, Falcon Aviation Companies is gearing as much as introduce the primary eVTOL touristic, cargo, and air-taxi flights within the area.
AutoFlight’s Prosperity plane is a state-of-the-art electrical plane that employs rotor know-how for vertical takeoff and seamlessly transitions into horizontal flight, akin to conventional airplanes. The plane is able to speeds in extra of 200kmh, over a spread larger than 250km. AutoFlight is considered one of only some eVTOL OEMs to have mastered the difficult ‘transition section’ from vertical to horizontal flight, clocking hundreds of flight miles on a number of iterations of their plane.
Prosperity was designed by Frank Stephenson, the legendary designer who revolutionized the Mini and the Fiat 500, and created iconic designs for Ferrari, McLaren and Maserati, amongst many others, earlier than turning his design skills to the skies and the realm of flying taxis.
AutoFlight has been persistently setting new benchmarks within the electrical ‘Airtaxi’ panorama over the previous 12 months, together with establishing the world file of flying 250.3km on a single battery cost. In one other milestone for the aviation business, AutoFlight additionally lately efficiently executed a world-first formation flight of three autonomous eVTOL plane.
The unmanned cargo model of Prosperity, the CarryAll is predicted to attain manufacturing and airworthiness certification from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) by early 2024, serving to pave the way in which for certification of the passenger mannequin. The cargo mannequin has two metric tons most takeoff weight (MTOW) and is designed to raise a 400kg payload as much as 200km.
AutoFlight is a vertically built-in OEM and has developed the composite airframe, electrical motors, battery packs, flight controllers and cockpit avionics in-house.