WHILL Timeline

Events

• 2026-08-31 - Deployment - WHILL begins 18-unit autonomous mobility rollout at Changi Airport - The first full-deployment phase follows a 10-unit trial fleet that operated from March 2025 through 2026. Airport staff remotely dispatch units to arrival gates, where they carry passengers with reduced mobility to a service lounge or onward boarding gate.… - source: whill.inc
• 2026-08-25 - Capability - WHILL announces Haneda T1 autonomous-service expansion - Terminal 1 already operates 12 WHILL units from four stations between 08:00 and 20:00. The extension adds access to gates 24 through 29 when the north satellite facility enters service. WHILL expanded its cooperative fleet-management system beyond its own… - source: prtimes.jp
• 2026-06-04 - Deployment - Heathrow Terminal 3 trials WHILL self-driving chairs with ABM - Travellers select a destination on a touchscreen and the device navigates through Terminal 3. The chair autonomously returns to its home location after completing a passenger trip. WHILL reported that the Heathrow deployment brought its service network to 26… - source: whill.inc
• 2026-03-31 - Deployment - Anchorage airport starts WHILL service for Alaska Airlines passengers - The service began on March 31 as the airport's first autonomous mobility-assistance programme. NMS staff screen and prepare passengers before transferring them to WHILL autonomous chairs. The service carries eligible Alaska Airlines passengers through the… - source: whill.inc
• 2025-08-21 - Deployment - Munich Airport begins WHILL gate-navigation service in Terminal 2 - The service began in the satellite building of Terminal 2 in early August 2025. Aicher Airport Services supports boarding while passengers select their gate on the chair touchscreen. The chair navigates to the gate and autonomously returns to its starting… - source: whill.inc
• 2024-03-27 - Deployment - WHILL and Envoy deploy autonomous mobility service at LAX and MIA - Autonomous chairs began taking American Airlines customers to gates at LAX and MIA. Envoy and WHILL moved from trials begun in 2022 to the first commercial U.S. airport installations. Passengers select a gate on the touchscreen and the chair autonomously… - source: whill.inc