Skyports has taken over Falcon Heliport located in east London close to the Canary Wharf financial district and renamed it ‘Skyports London Heliport’. Skyports plan to operate both helicopters and eVTOL air taxis from the site.
The deal forms part of Skyports’ acquisition strategy in securing, developing and operating a network of vertiports to enable the transition to emission-free aviation in the UK.
Skyports foresees the launch of fully-electric commercial air taxis in the UK within the next few years and the heliport site will form an integral part of Skyports’ ground infrastructure network.
The transition to eVTOL aircraft, which are quieter, greener and cheaper than traditional helicopters, will unlock new routes from the heliport to other parts of London and the rest of the UK.
Passengers travelling from Canary Wharf will be able to hop on an eVTOL and reach all of London’s airports within 20 minutes, or fly to Bristol in under 50 minutes.
Damian Kysely, Head of Europe & Middle East at Skyports, said, “This is an exciting moment for Skyports. The acquisition demonstrates our ambition to deliver a network of operational landing sites for eVTOLs and our commitment to making the UK a leader in decarbonisation of domestic aviation.
“The heliport also provides us with an important live operating environment in which we can safely develop and test our vertiport systems, collect operational data and mature our vertiport technologies.”
