Cotswolds home to UK's first air taxi centre
Bristol-based Vertical Aerospace has announced the UK's first air taxi assembly centre at Cotswold Airport in Gloucestershire. The facility will produce electric, four-passenger aircraft capable of flying up to 100 miles without emissions. Construction of the new planes is scheduled to begin in late 2027, with production scaling to 900 units annually by 2035.
- ▪Vertical Aerospace is establishing a new 60,000-square-foot aircraft assembly centre at Cotswold Airport near Kemble.
- ▪The Valo aircraft being developed are electric, carry four passengers, and have a range of up to 160km with no operating emissions.
- ▪The company plans to begin construction in late 2027 with an initial output of 25 aircraft per year, increasing to 900 per year by 2035.
- ▪Vertical Aerospace reports having 1,500 orders for the aircraft, many from airlines, and aims for commercial certification by 2029.
- ▪Government officials described the facility as a key step in reindustrializing Britain and creating high-skilled local jobs.
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Cotswolds home to UK's first air taxi centreImage source, Nick DimblebyImage caption, The Valo aircraft take off and land vertically like helicoptersByMatty Edwards, West of England and Alastair McKee, West of EnglandPublished9 minutes agoFuturistic air taxis that take off like helicopters will be built at a new facility that is the first of its kind in the UK.Bristol-based company Vertical Aerospace has announced a new aircraft assembly centre at Cotswold Airport, near Kemble in Gloucestershire, describing it as a "once-in-a-generation opportunity".The Valo aircraft currently being developed and tested there are electric, carry four passengers and can fly up to 160km (100 miles) with no operating emissions, the firm said.Minister for Reindustrialisation Blair McDougall said the new…
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