Volocopter Could be First To Certify an eVTOL Aircraft | Aviation International News

Paris Air Show 2023

First eVTOL Passenger Flights Set For Paris In 2024

Volocopter says it expects to complete EASA type certification in time for the Paris Olympic Games starting in late July 2024.

Volocopter eVTOL aircraft — Volocopter expects to start carrying fare-paying passengers in its eVTOL aircraft in time for next summer’s Olympic Games in Paris. (Photo: David McIntosh)

By Charles Alcock • Managing Editor

June 21, 2023

Some lucky Parisians and Olympic Games visitors are set to become the world’s first paying passengers in an eVTOL aircraft. Volocopter on Tuesday confirmed it is on schedule to secure EASA type certification for the two-seat VoloCity aircraft in time for the games, which open on July 26, 2024.

At a Paris Airshow press conference, Edward Cartwright, director general of airports group ADP, confirmed that five aircraft will fly passengers between five vertiport sites, including two airports, Charles de Gaulle and Le Bourget (site of the Olympic media village), Saint-Cyr (near the equestrian center at Versailles), the Issy les Moulineaux helipad in the southern Paris suburbs, and a new landing site on a barge in the Seine River next to the Gare d’Austerlitz rail station. Cartwright described the process for building the Gare d'Austerlitz site as challenging, and ADP plans to award a construction contract soon.

The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background. The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background. The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background. The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background. The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background.

The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background. The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background. The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background.

The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background. The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background. The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background. The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background. The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background. The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background.

The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background. The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background. The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background. The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background.

Textron Aviation Marks Rollout of 500th Latitude

Aircraft entered service in 2015

Textron Aviation rollout of 500th Cessna Citation Latitude

Piaggio Marks Avanti’s Ruby Anniversary, 40+ Evo Sales

More than 270 Avanti variants have been delivered across four decades

Piaggio Aerospace Avanti Evo aircraft

F-35 Buy Approved As Saudis Struggle to Counter Houthi Threat

Trump administration says $24.3 billion deal will bolster Saudi Arabia's self-defense capability

Formation of three F-35As against clouds

Boeing Freighter Saga Raises Doubts Over Radia’s WindRunner

U.S. start-up sees commercial and military use cases for its clean-sheet cargo lifter design

Radia WindRunner freight aircraft

AircraftPost To Host ‘Behind the Deal’ Session during NBAA-BACE

Panel will dissect a Gulfstream G650 transaction from four different perspectives

Lockheed Martin Rolls Out First German F-35A Fighter

First fighter due to arrive in-country in late 2027

F-35 in hangar against graphics on screen

Embraer Delivers First Praetor 600E Ahead of Schedule

Launch customer Flexjet accepts first of the upgraded super-midsize jets

Embraer Praetor 600E in flight

Aura Aero Flies Former VoltAero Aircraft As Testbed

Aura Aero makes first flight of hybrid-electric testbed since acquiring assets

Modified Cessna 337 Skymaster over coast r