Vertical Aerospace Brings Valo to New York, Outlining Plans for Electrical Air Taxi Routes

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• Valo makes its U.S. debut as Vertical shares plans for electrical air journey routes out and in of Manhattan with Bristow and Skyports Infrastructure
• The routes would lower multi-hour journeys to minutes by air
• Valo can be on public show on the Traditional Automotive Membership in NYC on 23 January 2026

Vertical Aerospace (NYSE: EVTL) launches its U.S. tour in New York Metropolis this week, bringing its new business electrical plane, Valo, to the U.S. for the primary time alongside plans for electrical air journey routes in New York with Bristow Group (NYSE: VTOL) and Skyports Infrastructure.

The U.S. tour builds on Valo’s unveiling in London in December 2025 and marks the following step in Vertical’s international engagement with clients, buyers, regulators, and companions forward of entry into service following regulatory approval presently anticipated in 2028.

Introducing Valo to the U.S.

Valo is Vertical’s certification-ready plane, designed to fly as much as 100 miles at speeds of as much as 150 mph with zero working emissions, and engineered to fulfill airliner-level security requirements.

Valo’s premium cabin will launch with 4 seats, providing panoramic home windows, beneficiant private house and class-leading baggage capability. The plane’s versatile design, formed by intensive airline and operator enter, permits enlargement to 6 seats, with the potential to enhance operator economics and decrease fares for passengers.

The plane is concentrating on certification in 2028, enabling entry into service within the U.S. and globally with airline and operator clients together with American Airways.

Valo’s arrival in New York marks the primary alternative for U.S. buyers, clients, companions, and the general public to expertise the plane at full scale.

From Plane to Operations: Electrical Air Journey in New York

Alongside the U.S. tour, Vertical is working with Bristow and Skyports on a spread of future mobility options for Valo within the U.S., together with routes out and in of Manhattan, New York. The plans will lower multi-hour street journeys to minutes, similar to flying from John F. Kennedy (JFK) and different airports to Manhattan.

Knowledgeable by Bristow’s international working expertise because the world’s main supplier of helicopter transportation and Skyports’ established skyport areas, together with its Downtown Skyport in Manhattan, the plans deal with operational feasibility, infrastructure integration, and real-world use circumstances.

New York Metropolis represents a pure atmosphere for superior air mobility given its density, congestion, premium journey demand and current heliport community.

Use circumstances being progressed within the New York Metropolis space embody:

• Airport transfers: connections between Downtown Skyport and main regional airports, considerably lowering journey instances for travellers, e.g., connecting JFK to Manhattan in minutes.
• Occasion journey: game-day entry from Downtown Skyport to MetLife Stadium, probably through established aviation services similar to Teterboro Airport.
• Aerial sightseeing and air excursions: departing from Downtown Skyport, benefiting from Valo’s massive cabin, panoramic home windows and quiet, zero-emissions operation.
• Weekend and leisure journey: connections between Downtown Skyport and East Hampton Airport, supporting premium short-break journey.
• Cross-town city transfers: hyperlinks between Downtown Skyport and heliports similar to West thirtieth Road or East fortieth Road, providing a quieter, lower-emissions different to standard helicopters.
• Emergency Companies – medical transfers inside New York space, e.g., Westchester County Medical Heart to New York College Langone.

This work builds on Vertical’s current UK collaboration with Bristow and Skyports, which outlines deliberate electrical air-taxi routes from Canary Wharf to main UK transport hubs, together with London Heathrow Airport, and demonstrates how electrical aviation can be built-in safely and virtually into current city infrastructure.

U.S. Valo Mannequin Tour — New York Kick-Off

To mark Valo’s arrival in New York, the plane can be on public show on Friday, January 23, 2026 from 09:00 a.m. to five:00 p.m. EST on the Traditional Automotive Membership Manhattan, Pier 76, 408 twelfth Ave. Guests can have the chance to expertise Valo at full scale and be taught extra about Vertical’s plane, expertise, and certification journey. No tickets are required.

Stuart Simpson, CEO of Vertical Aerospace, stated:

“The US Valo tour builds on the momentum from our London unveiling and a 12 months of sturdy execution throughout testing, partnerships and certification. New York is a pure subsequent step to discover how electrical aviation may assist city and regional journey within the US, working with companions like Bristow and Skyports to maintain security, certification and real-world operations on the core.”

Chris Bradshaw, President and CEO of Bristow Group, added:

“Bristow operates complicated aviation companies all around the world, from offshore power to authorities and passenger transport. Exploring future eVTOL use circumstances in a market like New York permits us to use that operational expertise to new, sustainable aviation ideas because the expertise and regulatory atmosphere proceed to mature.”

Duncan Walker, CEO of Skyports Infrastructure, stated:

“Skyports creates and operates the important infrastructure that can assist the combination of latest eVTOL plane into current cities and transport networks. Evaluating potential use circumstances round Downtown Skyport helps reveal how our infrastructure may assist a variety of journeys – from airports and occasions to leisure and concrete connections – as electrical aviation develops.”

About Vertical Aerospace

Vertical Aerospace is a worldwide aerospace and expertise firm pioneering electrical aviation. Vertical is making a safer, cleaner, and quieter option to journey. Valo is a piloted, four-passenger, Electrical Vertical Take-Off and Touchdown (eVTOL) plane, with zero working emissions. Vertical can also be creating a hybrid-electric variant, providing elevated vary and mission flexibility to fulfill the evolving wants of the superior air mobility market.

Vertical combines partnerships with main aerospace firms, together with Honeywell, Syensqo and Aciturri, with its personal proprietary battery and propeller expertise to develop the world’s most superior and most secure eVTOL.

Vertical has c.1,500 pre-orders of Valo, with clients throughout 4 continents, together with American Airways, Avolon, Bristow, GOL and Japan Airways. Sure buyer obligations are anticipated to be fulfilled through third-party agreements. Headquartered in Bristol, UK, Vertical’s skilled management staff comes from top-tier aerospace and automotive firms similar to Rolls-Royce, Airbus, GM, and Leonardo. Collectively, they’ve beforehand licensed and supported over 30 completely different civil and army plane and propulsion methods

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