CycloTech expands to Germany: A pivotal move towards the future of aviation

CycloRotors

Munich, 30 January 2025 – CycloTech, a global innovator in aviation propulsion systems, has announced the establishment of a subsidiary in Bavaria, Germany. This strategic expansion marks a significant milestone in the industrial scaling of its revolutionary CycloRotor technology an advanced propulsion system poised to redefine the future of electric flight.

Germany’s aviation industry in turbulence: The rise and fall of air taxis

Volocopter

Once heralded as a transformative leap for urban mobility, Germany’s air taxi industry is now facing turbulent skies. With two prominent start-ups, Lilium and Volocopter, teetering on the brink of collapse, the dream of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft revolutionizing transport seems further away than ever.

Vertiports and eVTOLs

vertiport

The strategic alliance between Fraport, a leading global airport operator, and Lilium, an innovative electric air-taxi company, marks a significant step towards revolutionizing regional air mobility. This partnership focuses on developing a commercial network for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, starting with a thorough analysis of the necessary planning and approval steps for implementing such operations at airports.

Germany produces environmentally friendly kerosene

Produced from hydrogen and carbon dioxide, the aim is to take a bite out of aviation’s ecological footprint. The one thing you can’t put your finger on about synthetic kerosene – which, according to the announcement, will be produced in Germany for the first time in the world – is that it’s cheap.