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Disjointed U.S. and Europe Could Lose Advanced Air Mobility Leadership to Asia, Warns eVTOL Leader
Michael Cervenka, president of UK-based eVTOL aircraft developer Vertical Aerospace told Honeywell's Air Mobility Summit that there must be alignment on policy, regulation and global collaboration.
Vertical Aerospace's VA-X4 eVTOL aircraft will carry four passengers.
Vertical Aerospace aims to deliver its four-passenger eVTOL aircraft to operators around the globe. (Image: Vertical Aerospace)

Unless the U.S. and Europe can align on policy, regulation, and global collaboration, neither will be able to take a leadership role in advanced air mobility (AAM), according to the president of a leading UK-based eVTOL aircraft developer last week. Addressing the Honeywell Air Mobility Summit in Washington, D.C. on September 21, Vertical Aerospace's Michael Cervenka said that Asia will instead emerge as the leader in the new aviation sector if Western regulators and industry work effectively together.

“The megatrend, the biggest market opportunities will be in Asia and that’s where we will end up putting our focus,” he said. Cervenka addressed comments made throughout the summit surrounding what was necessary to help make AAM a reality and how the U.S. can take a leadership role in those efforts.