Airport
20 March 2026
Tullamarine Freeway delays keep airport eVTOL on Melbourne agendaPeak-hour trips between Melbourne Airport and the CBD often exceed 45 minutes — a driver of airport eVTOL transfer concepts.
The latest coverage of air taxi and eVTOL developments affecting Melbourne and Victoria.
Airport
Events
14 February 2025
Southern Cross and sports precinct flagged as future vertistop conceptsIndustry planning discusses vertistops at Southern Cross Station and Melbourne's sports precinct for event-period passenger pick-up.
Infrastructure
6 October 2024
Batman Park vertiport concept targets Melbourne river landing siteArchitectural concepts envision a Yarra River vertiport at Batman Park replacing the existing Microflite helipad.
Infrastructure
4 October 2024
Skyportz and Microflite explore Yarra River vertiport sitesMelbourne heliport operator Microflite and Skyportz plan to assess electric air taxi vertiport locations starting at the Yarra River helipad.
Regulation
8 August 2024
Joby Aviation pursues CASA certification for Australian operationsJoby announced plans to certify its eVTOL aircraft in Australia — welcomed by vertiport developer Skyportz as a potential market catalyst.
Policy
11 July 2024
Victorian Advanced Air Mobility Action Plan releasedVictoria's government published an AAM Action Plan directing vertiport guidance and land-use regulatory review by 2026.