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Airbus and Partners Launch Air Mobility Initiative in Southern Germany
The $91 million program is aimed at advancing eVTOL aircraft technology, as well as uncrewed air traffic management and ground infrastructure including vertiports.
The CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL aircraft could operate in German cities such as Munich.
Munich is one of several southern German cities involved in the new Airbus-led Air Mobility Initiative to prepare for eVTOL aircraft commercial services. (Image: Airbus)

The German city of Ingolstadt is to be the hub for the Air Mobility Initiative (AMI) launched on May 4 by Airbus and partners including Munich Airport, railway company Deutsche Bahn, aviation safety agency Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS), uncrewed air traffic management (UTM) specialist Droniq, and Diehl Aerospace. With the support of the Bavarian state government and German federal officials, the project is intended to assess the basis on which commercial eVTOL air taxi operations could be launched to connect German cities, as well as to advance arrangements for UTM infrastructure and vertiports.

The AMI collaboration is backed by €86 million ($91 million) in public-private funding. This includes €24 million from the German federal government and €17 million from the state of Bavaria.