While huge sums are being invested in developing air taxis, drones and other electric vertical take-off and landing craft (eVTOL), the necessary infrastructure has taken a back seat. But with backing from the U.K. government and South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group, plans by a British start-up for a new generation of mini urban "airports" are taking off.
Construction has just started on what is claimed to be the world's first operational eVTOL hub, in a parking lot in the city of Coventry. Three weeks of cargo drone flight demonstrations are planned for this April, says Andrea Wu, co-founder and chief design officer of the hub developer Urban-Air Port Ltd. (UAPL).