The Allplane Podcast #98 - vertiports and advanced air mobility, with Addison Ferrell (Skyports)

Addison Ferrell is Director, Infrastructure and Head of Americas at Skyports, one of the world’s leading vertiport developers.

Vertiports will be an essential element of the upcoming advanced air mobility revolution. Will they be more like airports or like metro stations? What sort of experience can we expect to have there are travellers? What are the barriers of entry in this sector?

These are all questions I wanted to ask an expert like Addison, because there is still so much of the advanced air mobility experience that is still pretty much being defined as we speak.

In this regard, Skyport’s vision emerges as being particularly relevant, since the firm is active in all continents and has been involved in some of the most advanced projects in this field, such as the one taking shape in Dubai, to connect the Emirate’s main nodes with a network of vertiports.

So, tune in for a fascinating conversation with one of the experts that is actively shaping the future of the advanced air mobility experience!

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Things we talk about in this episode

Addison’s background in the aerospace industry and, particularly, in jet engine manufacturing and engineering
What is a vertiport
What is the business model of Skyports
How did Skyports get started
What are the requirements of a vertiport
How much does it cost to set up a vertiport
Some prominent Skyports vertiport projects