Helicopter directory
Electric air taxis and London
No electric air taxi is certified yet. Here is where each stands, from the companies' own pages and the CAA.
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The CAA aims to have frameworks in place for initial commercial passenger eVTOL flights from the end of 2028 (CAP 3169). The status of each company is below, read from its own pages on 3 November 2026.
Status by company
- UK CAA
- CAA page opened: aims to have frameworks and systems in place for initial commercial passenger eVTOL flights from the end of 2028 (CAP 3169); VTOL policy consultation 6 Nov 2025 - 29 Jan 2026; legislation consultations May 2026; reply published October 2026; testing allowed via E Conditions and Permit to Fly; UK version of EASA SC-VTOL proposed as certification basis; page names no London trial or route. CAA
- Vertical
- Opened company pages: two-way piloted transition flight April 2026, expanded CAA Permit to Fly 10 Jul 2026 for public demos away from Cotswold Airport, Critical Design Review by end 2026, Type Certification now 2029. Board appointments 5 Oct - 2 Nov 2026 on homepage.
- Joby
- Opened: FAA-conforming aircraft in TIA flight testing from 11 Mar 2026; no UK mention.
- Archer
- Unverified (no readable page).
- Eve
- Unverified (site returned 403).
- Volocopter
- Opened: VoloCity has DOA, working toward EASA type certification; no certificate stated.
Unverified
Archer and Eve could not be read (a blank page and an access error), so their status is not stated.
Sources and checks
Facts on this page come from these sources, last checked 2026-11-03. Where a source could not be reached or did not say, we left the fact out.
- CAA: enabling advanced air mobility caa.co.uk
- vertical-aerospace.com vertical-aerospace.com