Airbus's Urban Air Mobility Leader Moves to eVTOL Start-up Vertical Aerospace
The UK-based eVTOL aircraft developer has appointed Eduardo Dominguez Puerta as its chief commercial officer to help it bring the five-seat VA-X4 model to market in 2024.
Airbus’s head of urban air mobility (UAM), Eduardo Dominguez Puerta, is joining eVTOL aircraft developer Vertical Aerospace as its chief commercial officer (CCO). He will lead the UK-based start-up’s efforts to bring its five-seat VA-X4 model to market in 2024.
Prior to his most recent role with Airbus, Dominguez Puerta was on the leadership team of the aerospace group’s A-cubed technology incubator unit in Silicon Valley. As the company's chief operating officer, he was involved in the Vahana eVTOL technology demonstrator project, as well as other work on developing UAM infrastructure and the Voom ridesharing service (using helicopters).
