Founded in Bruschal, Germany in 2011, Volocopter looks set to be the company to get flying taxi services off the ground. The eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) company has just announced, via a press statement, that it has raised €200 million in its Series D funding round. Cumulatively, the company has raised €322 million.

No passengers or nearby residents suffered injuries following the explosion, police say

Kobe Bryant did NOT pressure his helicopter pilot to take any dangerous risks to complete his doomed flight on Jan. 26, investigators say... but the pilot may have put pressure on himself to forge ahead through dangerous conditions to please his famous client. Pressure from an important client CAN lead pilots to make bad decisions, experts say ... but that wasn't the case with Kobe.

Boeing has been criminally charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States by the Department of Justice and will have to pay a $2.5 billion fine for lying to the Federal Aviation Administration before and after the fatal 737 Max crashes in 2018 and 2019.

Boeing agreed to pay more than $2.5 billion to settle criminal conspiracy charges relating to its 737 Max planes after two deadly crashes.

The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that there weren't any aircraft disappearing off the radar nor were there any reports of overdue or missing aircraft.

Flight school pilots were on a training flight off the coast when they were surprised to see what appeared to be a guy in a jet pack whizzing by.

US Senate investigators find problems with tests conducted in the wake of two deadly crashes.

A blistering new Senate report details multiple safety failures.

A Times investigation found that vapors from oil and other fluids seep into planes with alarming frequency across all airlines, at times creating chaos and confusion.

A drone has successfully carried supplies from the mainland to the Isles of Scilly for the first time. It completed the 60-mile (97km) round trip, delivering an NHS supply box to St Mary's airport. The Isles of Scilly Steamship Group (ISSG) said the flight "paves the way" for a "new lifeline connection" with the remote islands off Cornwall.

The suit can achieve horizontal speeds of 186 mph (300 km/h) whereas regular ones can only achieve about 62 mph (100 km/h). Get more details inside.

The aerospace giant Airbus hopes to put a hydrogen-powered commercial airliner in the sky that will release zero carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere. But not until 2035. While 15 years might seem like a long time for research and development given the urgent need to reduce carbon emissions under the Paris climate agreement, processing and storing "clean hydrogen" requires solving an array of complex technical challenges.

It turns out frequent flyer programs are worth more than the airlines themselves

Aerospace giant Airbus has announced plans to build zero-emission aircraft using hydrogen power technology. On Monday (21 September), the firm revealed three concept designs that are on the table and is targeting a 2035 entry-into-service.

A South Australian company that is building a manned multicopter to compete in a flying electric car racing series has secured seed funding from leading technology venture capital firms. Based in Adelaide, Alauda will use the investment to ramp up design and manufacture of its vehicle, which it aims to test with a pilot aboard before the end of the year. Alauda also owns Airspeeder, the racing league that plans to host a flying car series at various global locations from as early as next year.

Otto Aviation aims to disrupt the aviation landscape with a design that flies at jet speeds, but uses a fraction of the gas, and has more range.

SkyDrive had been working on a flying car since 2014, having finally made the fantasy vehicle often seen in sci-fi movies an actual reality. 

Otto Aviation claims its odd-looking Celera 500L "bullet plane" is "the biggest thing to happen to the aviation and travel industries in 50 years," and that its extreme fuel economy could make private flights as affordable as regular commercial air travel.

Delta Air Lines Inc. has placed about 240 people on a “no fly list’ for failing to comply with the airline’s face-mask policy, chief executive officer Ed Bastian said in a memo to employees on Thursday. There is no U.S. federal mandate on masks in airports or on airplanes, leaving U.S. airlines to enforce their own rules that passengers must wear face coverings while traveling.