Eve Air Mobility is to team up with Bluenest to “jointly study the use of software for urban air mobility operations”, the two businesses have announced.

According to a statement, Eve and Bluenest put pen to paper on a letter of intent (LOI) that could enable them “to better manage vertiport urban air mobility operations and related infrastructure”, according to Gema Ferroro, managing director of Bluenest, which was described as “a company powered by Globalvia dedicated to innovation in advanced air mobility with a focus on vertiport infrastructure”.

Andre Stein, Eve’s co-chief executive, said the tie-up would “increase industry knowledge” and that of “vertiport operations”.