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Munich Airport and Airbus To Help Cities Establish eVTOL Aircraft Operations
Airbus is developing both an eVTOL aircraft called CityAirbus NextGen and its ZeroE family of hydrogen-powered airliners.
Airbus's CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL aircraft could operate from Munich Airport in Germany.
Munich Airport in Germany expects to be a base for new eVTOL aircraft operations and is working with Airbus to help other cities set up the infrastructure required. (Image: Airbus)

Munich Airport and Airbus want to help cities and regions develop infrastructure to support advanced air mobility (AAM) services using eVTOL aircraft. To that end, the two entities announced an expansion of their partnership on June 23 at the ILA Berlin Air Show.

In May, the German hub airport joined forces with Airbus, the city of Ingolstadt, railway company Deutsche Bahn, aviation safety agency Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS), uncrewed air traffic management (UTM) specialist Droniq, and Diehl Aerospace, to establish the Air Mobility Initiative. Airbus is developing a four-passenger eVTOL aircraft called the CityAirbus NextGen that it aims to bring into service during 2025.