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Turin Offers Site For Advanced Air Mobility Development Hub
The SkyGate will be at the northern Italian city's Torino Aeritalia Airport on the premises of the historic AeroClub Torino.
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SkyGate plans to convert the AeroClub Torino into a hub for advancing eVTOL aircraft development at an airfield site close to the center of the Italian city of Turin. (Image: SkyGate)

Italian start-up SkyGate aims to establish a hub for developing eVTOL aircraft and other advanced air mobility technology in Turin. The company, a subsidiary of avionics specialist DigiSky, is backed by former NASA astronaut and test pilot Maurizio Cheli.

Plans call for the redevelopment of the northern Italian city’s AeroClub Torino at the Torino Aeritalia Airport. Announcing the project on February 9, SkyGate did not publish a timeline for implementation but said that it will soon announce investors and partners, confirming that it has approached eVTOL aircraft developers (whose names it didn't disclose) about using the site for research and development work.