Our West Midlands business review of 2022 moves into the spring months and the news that the future of public transport descended on the region in April.
Called Air-One and looking like something out of a sci-fi movie, the so-called 'vertiport' was 15 months in the making and housed on a car park in Coventry, running demonstrations of what a fully operational hub of its kind could look like.
The facility was said to be a world first and demonstrated how it could operate using so-called eVTOL vehicles (electric vertical take-off and landing) such as air taxis and delivery drones. The airport also had space for on-site retailers to demonstrate how it could generate revenue and become a sustainable business venture.
