Vertical Aerospace ( NYSE: EVTL) announced on Thursday that it completed the world's first airport-to-airport piloted flight by a full-scale, winged tilt-rotor eVTOL designed for commercial service.

The company’s VX4 prototype flew from Cotswold Airport to RAF Fairford, covering a distance of 17 miles at speeds of up to 115 mph and reaching an altitude of 1,800 feet.

Archer Aviation and Israeli company AIR are among those taking advantage of an executive order by President Donald Trump to speed commercialization of eVTOLs and drones.

While most developers of urban air taxis have coalesced around smaller aircraft capable of carrying four or five passengers, UK startup Sora Aviation has taken a contrarian view, designing a large tiltrotor eVTOL able to carry up to 30 passengers at a time.

Horizon Aircraft and ZeroAvia have signed an agreement in order to develop a hydrogen propulsion option for the Cavorite X7 eVTOL

Autocraft from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) maker Shanghai TCab Technology Co., Ltd. for the purchase of 350 E20 eVTOL aircraft worth USD1 billion.

Jetson has tested its single-seat eVTOL Jetson One for use in mountain rescue missions. The tests in Poland were very promising.

China’s TCab Tech has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to sell up to 350 of its E20 eVTOLs to Abu Dhabi-based Autocraft.

In April 2024, a Japanese company took delivery of an electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, otherwise known as an eVTOL. Called Prosperity 1 and built by Chinese manufacturer AutoFlight, the aircraft is one of the very first examples of a production model eVTOL sold commercially.