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Dubai Advanced Air Mobility 'Integrator Center' Will Support eVTOL Aircraft Operations in the UAE
Infrastructure group VPorts plans to open the facility at Mohammed bin Rashid Aerospace Hub adjoining the Al Maktoum International Airport in 2024.
The VPorts "advanced air mobility integrator center" in Dubai will be used to develop eVTOL aircraft operations and supporting infrastructure.
The VPorts "advanced air mobility integrator center" in Dubai will be used to develop eVTOL aircraft operations and supporting infrastructure. (Image: VPorts)

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have approved the development of an advanced air mobility (AAM) business park in Dubai. The facility will be built by ground infrastructure group VPorts at the Mohammed bin Rashid Aerospace Hub (MBRAH), which is part of the vast Al Maktoum International Airport and Dubai South complex.

Under an agreement announced on December 7 during the MEBAA business aviation trade show in Dubai, Canada-based VPorts has signed a 25-year lease on a 37,000-sq-m (nine-acre) site. Funded by an initial $40 million investment over three years, the construction will start in 2023, with the first part of the facility expected to open in 2024.