London, United Kingdom, thirtieth November 2022 – Skyports Infrastructure, the market main
Superior Air Mobility (AAM) infrastructure supplier, and Corporación América Airports S.A (CAAP), a
main personal airport operator, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to plan the
improvement and deployment of vertiport infrastructure for electrical vertical take-off and touchdown
(eVTOL) operations. Skyports and Corporación América Airports will mix their distinct business
and technical experience to share finest practices for vertiport design ideas in markets of mutual
curiosity.
The collaboration will contain creating vertiport networks and operationsfor related use circumstances and
detailed planning for the deployment of everlasting vertiport infrastructure. As a part of these efforts,
the businesses will consider which of Corporación América Airports’ belongings are finest suited to vertiport
deployment, prioritising websites based mostly on market readiness and alternative. Location particulars for
potential vertiports might be confirmed at a later stage within the partnership.
The partnership between the 2 firms is a crucial step within the development of the AAM business
in Latin America and helps the event of operationally essential vertiport networks.
Addison Ferrell, Director, Skyports Infrastructure mentioned: “We’re proud to companion with Corporación
América Airports to increase and stimulate the AAM ecosystem in key markets in Latin America. We’re
at an extremely thrilling level within the business’s improvement as we take concrete steps in direction of
implementing a scalable vertiport community that may facilitate industrial eVTOL operations; this
partnership might be instrumental to reaching these targets. Bringing collectively CAAP’s confirmed
airport management and Skyports’ deep experience of AAM infrastructure will make for a compelling
partnership.”
Martin Eurnekian, CEO of Corporación América Airports, commented: “As a number one airport
concession operator, Corporación América Airports continues to construct robust partnerships to place
itself as an agent of change within the improvement of the Advance Air Mobility ecosystem. With over 20
years of experience and operations in six nations throughout LatAm and Europe, we’re firmly dedicated
to proceed constructing the way forward for this new manner of transportation, which might be leaner, sooner and
extra sustainable.”
Corporación América Airports at the moment operates 53 airports in six nations throughout Latin America and
Europe (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Ecuador, Armenia and Italy). In June 2022, the corporate
introduced partnerships with eVTOL car producers Eve Air Mobility and Vertical Aerospace
(each of which additionally companion with Skyports), Avolon, GOL, and Grupo Comporteto to assist the
introduction of eVTOL operations.
Skyports Infrastructure’s work with Corporación América Airports extends Skyports’ presence in Latin
America. In 2021, the corporate’s drone operations arm, Skyports Drone Providers, launched an
formidable past visible line of sight (BVLOS) drone logistics operation in Colombia’s distant areas
of La Guajira and Chocó, backed by investor Irelandia Aviation, which can also be a majority shareholder of
Colombia’s Viva Air.
