The UK’s bus and coach sector has achieved its best performance since 2008, with deliveries of 8,390 new buses and coaches joining UK roads in 2024. These deliveries have been driven by the UK’s dominance in zero-emission buses — which is still the biggest market in Europe, with deliveries up by over a third this year.
Vertical Aerospace, a UK-based aerospace and technology company, has achieved a major milestone in European aviation history by completing the first-ever piloted wingborne flight of a winged electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in open airspace.