Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even says the company will pause development of its CityAirbus NextGen electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) advanced air mobility (AAM) aircraft at the end of ...

Airbus Helicopters will pause activities on the CityAirbus NextGen electric air taxi once its flight-test campaign is complete, believing key technologies are not ready to support the launch of a ...

Balkiz Sarihan, head of UAM for Airbus, said: “Rolling out CityAirbus NextGen for the very first time is an important and very real step that we are taking towards advanced air mobility and our ...

Airbus rolled out its CityAirbus NextGen prototype in March 2024. Credit: Airbus Airbus’s decision to wind down its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) program surprised the industry ...

Airbus said on Friday it is delaying plans to develop a hydrogen-powered commercial aircraft by the middle of next decade, citing slower than expected developments in technology. The delay marks a ...

Airbus Helicopters has led work on the CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL program, but the company is now suspending efforts to bring the four-passenger model to market.

Airbus’ four-seater eVTOL demonstrator, CityAirbus, will take its first test flight this year and debut commercially in 2023, while the five-seater Lilium Jet is set for commercial launch in 2025.