{"id":21823,"date":"2022-04-25T16:33:11","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T16:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=21823"},"modified":"2022-04-25T16:34:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T16:34:22","slug":"supernal-and-urban-air-port-debut-worlds-first-functional-advanced-air-mobility-vertiport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/international-news\/supernal-and-urban-air-port-debut-worlds-first-functional-advanced-air-mobility-vertiport\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Supernal and Urban-Air Port Debut World’s First Functional Advanced Air Mobility Vertiport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Supernal<\/a> and Urban-Air Port<\/a> today announced the debut of Air-One\u00ae \u2013 Urban-Air Port’s proprietary deployable operations hub for manned and unmanned vehicles \u2013 marking the first functional multi-modal infrastructure hub equipped to handle future electric air travel. The vertiport is open for public visitation in Coventry, U.K., and will be redeployed in additional cities worldwide later this year to continue highlighting future Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) passenger journeys and operations first-hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Air-One exterior<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

“The Air-One activation is an important step for the\nAdvanced Air Mobility industry and demonstrates how eVTOLs can easily integrate\nwith existing transportation networks to address local needs,” said Mike\nWhitaker, chief commercial officer, Supernal. “The reality is no single\nmode of transportation \u2013 current or future \u2013 can solve cities’ traffic and\ncongestion challenges. Supernal is working with partners like Urban-Air Port to\ndesign infrastructure that brings multiple modes of transportation together\nunder one ‘roof’ and enable AAM to reach its full potential.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Air-One departure area<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The 17,000 square-foot radial Air-One was erected in 11\nweeks and is divided into fully outfitted “zones,” including a\npassenger lounge, caf\u00e9, retail pop-up, cargo logistics hub, electric and\nhydrogen air vehicle hangar, security screening, command and control center.\nThe zones are anchored by a patented 56-foot circular final approach and\ntakeoff (FATO) platform that raises 19 feet in the sky \u2013 using a compact,\nstate-of-the-art, synchronized link-lift system \u2013 to enable future electric air\nvehicle takeoffs and landings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The activation also features Supernal’s initial concept\neVTOL vehicle, S-A1, on display in the vehicle hangar, live drone\ndemonstrations from the FATO and several new electric vehicles connected to EV\nchargers on the vertiport’s exterior, which are powered by off-grid hydrogen\nfuel cells. Located .2 miles from main Coventry rail and bus stations, the\nactivation demonstrates how the compact, prefabricated Air-One can enable\nseamless multi-modal travel, including AAM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-creating the AAM Ecosystem<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The debut of Air-One is a result of Supernal’s partnership\nwith Urban-Air Port, which began in 2020. The companies are working together to\nsupport future AAM operations related to building infrastructure networks,\ndesigning physical prototypes and shaping operational procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The opening of Air-One is a momentous occasion \u2013 the\nstarting gun for a new age of transport, an age of zero-emission,\nlow-congestion travel between and within cities that will make people\nhealthier, happier and more connected than ever before,” said Ricky\nSandhu, founder and executive chairman, Urban-Air Port. “The Coventry\ndemonstration \u2013 delivered in partnership with Supernal \u2013 will showcase the\nfuture of how people will travel, seamlessly integrating with other modes of\ntransport to create a greener, more connected future. I am extremely proud to\nhave like-minded, industry leaders like Supernal as partners on our journey to\nbuilding this industry from the ground up \u2013 paving the way for us all.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Supernal S-A1 concept air vehicle<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Urban-Air Port is among the diverse stakeholders Supernal is\nworking with \u2013 across public and private entities, other modes of mobility,\nacademia and startups \u2013 to responsibly co-create the AAM ecosystem. In addition\nto the Air-One activation, Supernal recently signed a partnership with the City\nof Miami, Fla., to help city leaders explore whether AAM can enhance existing\ntransit options and determine if new policies are necessary to enable the\nindustry. Supernal also supported the launch of a first-of-its-kind\npublic-private partnership with the City of Los Angeles and Urban Movement Labs\nto advance L.A.’s Urban Air Mobility (UAM) planning, including the development\nand implementation of a comprehensive public engagement and empowerment\nstrategy, and the pending distribution of an UAM integration manual addressing\nthe policy and regulatory responsibilities of multiple city departments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to co-creating the AAM ecosystem, Supernal is\ndeveloping a family of electric air vehicles and plans to launch commercial\nservice with its first eVTOL in 2028. As part of Hyundai Motor Group, Supernal\nplans to leverage the Group’s manufacturing expertise to scale electric air\nvehicle production and ensure AAM reaches the right price point and is\naccessible to the masses in the coming decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supernal and Urban-Air Port today announced the debut of Air-One\u00ae \u2013 Urban-Air Port’s proprietary deployable operations hub for manned and unmanned vehicles \u2013 marking the first functional multi-modal infrastructure hub equipped to handle future electric air travel. The vertiport is open for public visitation in Coventry, U.K., and will be redeployed in additional cities worldwide […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[140,114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-evtol","category-international-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21823"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21830,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21823\/revisions\/21830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}