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Vertical Aerospace Opens UK’s First Electric Air Taxi Assembly Centre

By Drooid · Sep 25, 2026, 10:15 AM UTC · How we work

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Vertical Aerospace opens a new aircraft assembly centre at Cotswold Airport.
The centre is the UK’s first facility to build air taxis that take off like helicopters.
The Valo air taxi is electric, carries four passengers, and flies up to 160 km with zero emissions.
Minister for Reindustrialisation Blair McDougall said the facility will turn British innovation into British manufacturing.

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Vertical Aerospace opens a new aircraft assembly centre at Cotswold Airport.
The centre is the UK’s first facility to build air taxis that take off like helicopters.
The Valo air taxi is electric, carries four passengers, and flies up to 160 km with zero emissions.
Minister for Reindustrialisation Blair McDougall said the facility will turn British innovation into British manufacturing.