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Airbus UpNext / CityAirbus
📍 Donauwörth, Germany🗓 Founded 2017💰 Internal (Airbus SE)
Airbus's urban air mobility programme, developing the CityAirbus NextGen — a sleek fixed-wing eVTOL with eight propellers targeting EASA certification. Backed by the full might of the world's largest aircraft manufacturer, with deep regulatory expertise and an existing global MRO network.
Internal (Airbus SE)
Total Funding
1
Aircraft Models
2
Target Cities
1
Backers
INVESTORS & BACKERS
Airbus SE
TARGET CITIES
Paris, FranceANNOUNCED
Singapore, SingaporeANNOUNCED
Fleet
CityAirbus NextGen
Fixed Wing·piloted·First flight 2023
Flight TestingEASA
4 pax
Passengers
120 km/h
Max Speed
80 km
Range
750 m
Altitude
2,200 kg
MTOW
8
Rotors
65 dB
Noise
2026
Cert Target
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- ·Backed by Airbus — the world's largest commercial aircraft manufacturer
- ·Deep EASA regulatory experience gives significant certification advantage
- ·Fixed-wing with 8 rotors for VTOL — efficient cruise with safe hover
- ·Designed from scratch as NextGen after original CityAirbus demonstrator
- ·Access to Airbus global supply chain, MRO network, and pilot training
- ·Part of broader Airbus Advanced Air Mobility division
SOURCES
Airbus CityAirbus NextGen announcement 2021First flight confirmation March 2023Airbus Annual Report 2023EASA Type Certification application filed