James Bircumshaw
Infrastructure Manager
Skyports, London

Skyports, established in 2017, is a leading owner and operator of vertiports for the emerging Advanced Air Mobility industry. Skyports designed and built the world’s first passenger vertiport prototype in Singapore in 2019 and, in collaboration with its vehicle partner Volocopter, conducted the first-ever urban flight trials in Marina Bay. Skyports are now focused on designing and building vehicle-agnostic vertiport networks in a number of cities around the world with initial commercial flights planned for 2023. This presentation reviews how ongoing projects in Australia, Singapore, Japan, Los Angeles, Orlando, France, Germany, and the UK, work alongside the EUROCAE and GAMA vertiport standards committees and EASA’s and FAA’s task forces to shape vertiport regulation. Skyports are backed by Deutsche Bahn, Groupe ADP, and Irelandia Aviation and Levitate Capital.