Skyportz sees India as major market for air taxis
Australian firm Skyportz has identified India as a major market for air taxis, projecting up to 250 million passenger trips annually by 2045. The company estimates India will need up to 15,000 vertipads, with Delhi emerging as a key hub for Advanced Air Mobility.
Hyderabad: Skyportz, an Australian developer of modular vertipad infrastructure for electric air taxis, here on Thursday released new analysis identifying India as a global market for air taxi deployment.
The company modelling indicated the possibilities of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) in Delhi and India, with forecasts of potential for around 40 million passenger trips per year in Delhi by 2045, and 200-250 million across the country.
As per company’s estimates, about 10,000 to 15,000 vertipads were required across the country by 2045 (indicative), anchored on a Delhi requirement of around 2,200 vertipads.
Further, its modelling shows that as air taxi costs fall, urban commuter services and intercity routes become increasingly competitive, accelerating demand for infrastructure distributed throughout the metropolitan area rather than concentrated at a small number of hubs.
“The India story is compelling because the need is clear. Congestion is persistent, travel times are long, and people value reliable time savings,” Clem Newton-Brown, CEO of Skyportz, said during Wings India 2026.
For rolling out the AAM, Skyportz has come out with the Aeroberm, a modular vertipad system designed to support network-scale deployment in high-density cities such as Delhi.
The system is intended to enable rapid installation of ground-level and rooftop vertipads, management of downwash, safety and operational performance and incremental expansion of pads as aircraft fleets grow. Skyportz also announced signing of an agreement with Gomsons Aviation, which will assist with rolling out the product in the Indian market.
