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A digital rendering of a Volatus Infrastructure vertiport with an eVTOL aircraft flying overhead
Volatus Infrastructure has signed a letter of intent with the new Greenport International Airport and Technology Center near Austin, Texas, to build an eVTOL vertiport in the new development. (Image: Volatus Infrastructure)

Volatus Infrastructure Plans New Vertiport at Texas Airport

Volatus Infrastructure, a company designing low-cost vertiports for eVTOL aircraft, has signed a letter of intent with Greenport International Airport and Technology Center near Austin, Texas, to build a vertiport at the facility, which is expected to open in 2024. The airport’s 5,426-acre phase-one development plans will include the company’s modular terminal building and a landing pad with a vehicle-agnostic charging station.

The vertiport developer also recently announced a partnership with Korean tech start-up Weflo to bring automated maintenance solutions to its vertiport offerings. Weflo is developing an MRO platform it calls a “Verti-pit," which uses a suite of sensors and artificial intelligence to detect, diagnose, and predict maintenance issues on an eVTOL aircraft or drone that is parked at a vertiport. Volatus Infrastructure plans to use Weflo's sensor technology to streamline the maintenance and operations of aircraft at the company’s vertiports.