Skyports

Skyports is an Advanced Air Mobility company founded in 2018 by Duncan Walker and Simon Morrish, headquartered in London, England. It develops and operates landing infrastructure for the emerging electric air taxi (eVTOL) sector and uses drones to serve a range of business requirements. The company operates through two divisions: Skyports Infrastructure and Skyports Drone Services, which maintain distinct websites (skyports.net and skyportsdroneservices.com).

Skyports Infrastructure secures, designs, builds, owns and operates passenger and cargo vertiports that enable eVTOL operators to take off and land in and around cities. It works with vehicle manufacturers and operators, city authorities, regulators and real estate partners to position landing infrastructure at suitable, convenient locations. The company is described as the world's leading vertiport provider and operator. Skyports Drone Services applies drone technology to help businesses with logistics, data capture and operational efficiency, working across rural deliveries, survey, surveillance and maritime verticals.

Notable milestones include launching the first passenger vertiport prototype in Singapore in 2019 with eVTOL operator Volocopter, and being contracted to oversee vertiport construction for Joby's planned air taxi services in Dubai. On the drone side, the company was recognized for a UK-first use of drones to carry Covid-19 samples and test kits in Argyll and Bute, conducted BVLOS delivery trials in the Yeosu City area of South Korea, and formed a strategic partnership with the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey to explore middle-mile drone logistics.

As a company whose entire business is built around enabling new forms of aerial flight and logistics, innovations in this space—new aircraft, regulations, infrastructure standards and delivery models—are directly central to Skyports' operations and growth.