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SITA Signs IT Partnership with Volocopter, Becomes Latest Series E Investor
Air transport IT company SITA invests in Volocopter as part of an information technology partnership agreement.
SITA and Volocopter
While the VoloCity electric air taxi operates routes in congested megacities from designated vertiports, SITA will contribute its expertise in air transport for the emerging UAM industry, developing new operating standards and what it calls a digital-first passenger experience. (Image: SITA)

Air transport information technology specialist SITA has chosen Volocopter as its preferred digital and IT systems partner for vertiports, the companies said Tuesday. Under the agreement, SITA also becomes the latest investor to join Volocopter’s Series E funding round.

Volocopter’s launch product, the VoloCity eVTOL air taxi, will operate routes in congested cities where customers can hail flights via designated vertiports. SITA will contribute its expertise in air transport for the emerging urban air mobility (UAM) industry, developing new operating standards and what it calls a “digital-first” passenger experience. SITA's IT portfolio includes airport management and operations, passenger operations, flight and aircraft operations, baggage processing, and border management.

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