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VX4 eVTOL Operators, Lessor, and Airports Group Plan Brazilian Vertiports
Brazil is emerging as a likely early adopter of eVTOL air taxi services, in part because of strong existing demand for helicopter charter flights.
Partners including leasing group Avolon on drawing up plans for vertiports in Brazil.
Partners including leasing group Avolon, and potential operators of the Vertical Aerospace VX4 eVTOL aircraft, are drawing up plans for vertiports in Brazil. (Image: Avolon)

Prospective operators of the Vertical Aerospace VX4 eVTOL aircraft are working with the manufacturer and a private airport management group on plans for a network of vertiports in Brazil. Under an agreement announced on June 2, Brazilian airline Gol and transport company Grupo Comporte have set up a ground infrastructure working group with leasing company Avolon, Vertical, and Corporacion America Airports.

The partners say they will be considering where vertiports could be located and how they should be designed. They will build on early vertiport conceptual design work conducted by Corporacion America Airports, which operates 53 airports in six countries across three continents. These include Argentina, Uruguay, Italy, and Brazil, where the company runs airports in the capital, Brasilia, and Natal.