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VPorts Ramps Up Plans for AAM Infrastructure in UAE
VPorts has announced new partnerships and plans to developer vertiports and infrastructure for eVTOL air services in the United Arab Emirates.
VPorts president and founder Fethi Chebil; His Highness Eng. Salem bin Sultan Al Qasimi, chairman of the Department of Civil Aviation in Ras Al-Khaimah; and Ralf Schustereder, CEO of Ras Al-Khaimah Airport, shake hands at the Arab Aviation Summit on March 8, 2023.
VPorts president and founder Fethi Chebil; His Highness Eng. Salem bin Sultan Al Qasimi, chairman of the Department of Civil Aviation in Ras Al-Khaimah; and Ralf Schustereder, CEO of Ras Al-Khaimah Airport, shake hands at the Arab Aviation Summit on March 8, 2023. (Photo: VPorts)

Canadian start-up VPorts, which plans to build vertiports and other associated ground infrastructure for eVTOL aircraft, is stepping up its involvement in the United Arab Emirates’ burgeoning advanced air mobility industry. 

During the Arab Aviation Summit in Ras Al Khaimah on Wednesday, VPorts signed deals with three advanced air mobility (AAM) companies that will help it stand up and operate an AAM business park in Dubai as an “AAM integrator world center.” On the same day, the company announced plans to build and operate a vertiport at the Ras Al Khaimah International Airport, an Air Arabia hub about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northeast of Dubai, on the coast of the Persian Gulf.