Outlook 2026: The state of the major eVTOL projects

Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm February 9, 2026, © Leeham News: The eVTOL market saw a sobering 2025 after two of its high flyers, Lilium and Volocopter, both ceased operations in 2024. The remains of Volocopter were bought… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 6.

January 24, 2025, ©. Leeham News: We do a Corner series about the state of developments to replace or improve hydrocarbon propulsion concepts for Air Transport. We try to understand why the development has been slow. We have… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 5.

January 17, 2025, ©. Leeham News: We do a Corner series about the state of developments to replace or improve hydrocarbon propulsion concepts for Air Transport. We try to understand why the development has been slow. We have… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 4.

January 10, 2025, ©. Leeham News: We do a Corner series about the state of developments to replace or improve hydrocarbon propulsion concepts for Air Transport. We try to understand why the development has been slow. We listed… Read More

eVTOL operator profitability: an elusive dream?

Subscription Required By Judson Rollins Sept. 25, 2023, © Leeham News: As the hype grows around electric-powered short-haul air mobility, questions linger around the industry’s ability to be profitable without government subsidy. LNA’s Bjorn Fehrm has written extensively… Read More

The reality behind the eVTOL industry’s hyperbole, Part 6.

Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm August 17, 2023, © Leeham News: We look at the promises that the VTOL industry has made in their Investor prospects and what the reality is as they come closer to Certification and… Read More

The reality behind the eVTOL industry’s hyperbole, Part 5.

Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm August 10, 2023, © Leeham News: We look at the promises that the VTOL industry has made in their Investor prospects and what the reality is as they come closer to Certification and… Read More

The reality behind the eVTOL industry’s hyperbole, Part 4.

Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm August 3, 2023, © Leeham News: We look at the promises that the VTOL industry has made in their Investor prospects and the reality as they come closer to Certification and Production. After… Read More

The reality behind the eVTOL industry’s hyperbole, Part 3.

Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm July 27, 2023, © Leeham News: We look at the promises that the VTOL industry has made in their Investor prospects and what the reality is as they come closer to Certification and… Read More

The reality behind the eVTOL industry’s hyperbole

Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm July 13, 2023, © Leeham News: We have done a deep dive series on the cost problems experienced by small airliners and how these make life difficult for alternative propulsion projects. The eVTOL… Read More