New city projects

Tokyo outlines detailed plans for eVTOL services, first demonstration flights “next year”

According to Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office of the Governor for Policy Planning “the Metropolitan Government has established the “Tokyo Metropolitan Government-Private Council for the Realization of a Revolution in Air Mobility,” which will be the […]

Government investment

India’s civil aviation ministry and the WEF examine potential AAM hubs in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh

India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation, in collaboration with the World Economic Forum’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) India, during January 2025 conducted field studies across Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh in January 2025 aimed […]

AAM/UAM route and programme news

Sojitz, BETA, Yamato and Kitakyushu City to start CTOL cargo flight tests later this year

Japan’s Sojitz Corporation, BETA Technologies Inc, Yamato Holdings and the city of Kitakyushu have today reached a basic agreement to conduct a joint verification test for electric aircraft based at Kitakyushu Airport. According to a […]

AAM/UAM route and programme news

Weihei City industrial development company “to buy 30 EHang eVTOLs”, launch AAM centre in the city

EHang has signed a project cooperation agreement with the Management Committee of the Torch High-Tech Industrial Development Zone of Weihai City in Shandong Province, China,  “to establish comprehensive industry collaboration on pilotless eVTOLs in the […]