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Volocopter Opens First Public VoloCity Exhibition in Asia

Volo­copter has part­nered with Singapore’s Insti­tute of Tech­ni­cal Edu­ca­tion (ITE) to launch a VoloC­i­ty pub­lic exhi­bi­tion, the first to fea­ture its com­mer­cial air taxi mod­el in Asia, and the company’s first-ever long-term exhi­bi­tion to open its doors in the world.

Min­is­ter for Trade and Indus­try Mr Gan Kim Yong, and Ger­man Ambas­sador to Sin­ga­pore Dr Nor­bert Riedel, both attend­ed the open­ing cer­e­mo­ny along­side senior rep­re­sen­ta­tives from Sin­ga­pore gov­ern­ment agen­cies and Volo­copter part­ners.

Yong said: “Sin­ga­pore wel­comes inno­v­a­tive com­pa­nies like Volo­copter which seek to build entire­ly new indus­tries here.

“We are excit­ed about the prospects of devel­op­ing an Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty (AAM) ecosys­tem in Sin­ga­pore, and hope that through this exhib­it, the pub­lic can learn more about this new form of urban mobil­i­ty.”

Riedel added: “Sin­ga­pore and Ger­many enjoy excel­lent bilat­er­al rela­tions and are impor­tant trade part­ners.

“We are pleased to see con­tin­ued coop­er­a­tion in var­i­ous sec­tors, espe­cial­ly in emerg­ing indus­tries such as urban air mobil­i­ty, and we believe both coun­tries stand to ben­e­fit from these col­lab­o­ra­tions.”

Locat­ed at Aero­space Hub, ITE Col­lege Cen­tral, the exhi­bi­tion fea­tures a 3D Volo­Port scale mod­el and vis­i­tors will have the chance to sit in the air­craft. Sin­ga­pore is one of the first launch cities for Volo­copter, which con­duct­ed Asia’s first crewed pub­lic test flight of an air taxi in a city cen­tre over Singapore’s icon­ic Mari­na Bay in 2019.

The com­pa­ny recent­ly released a ded­i­cat­ed roadmap that revealed its UAM ser­vices could gen­er­ate an esti­mat­ed SGD 4.18 bil­lion in cumu­la­tive eco­nom­ic ben­e­fits and cre­ate up to 1,300 jobs in Sin­ga­pore by 2030.

Volo­copter chief com­mer­cial offi­cer Chris­t­ian Bauer said: “This is the per­fect time to show­case our VoloC­i­ty in Sin­ga­pore, as our lat­est local mar­ket sur­vey showed a sig­nif­i­cant uptick in the pro­por­tion of respon­dents want­i­ng to try an air taxi ser­vice.

“ITE is an ide­al place to dis­play our air­craft, as we hope to inspire the next gen­er­a­tion of avi­a­tion tal­ent to engage with the emerg­ing UAM indus­try.”

ITE chief exec­u­tive offi­cer Low Khah Gek said: “ITE is priv­i­leged to host VoloC­i­ty’s first Asian exhi­bi­tion, which will boost our plans to equip stu­dents with the rel­e­vant skill sets and pro­vide the indus­try know-how and expo­sure that will encour­age applied learn­ing.”

With two seats and 18 rotors, VoloC­i­ty is Volocopter’s first com­mer­cial prod­uct and is cur­rent­ly work­ing toward achiev­ing cer­ti­fi­ca­tion from the Euro­pean Union Avi­a­tion Safe­ty Agency (EASA).

In May, Jetex and Volo­copter part­nered to deploy urban air mobil­i­ty (UAM) taxi ser­vices in Mia­mi, Sin­ga­pore and Paris, where Jetex has already estab­lished a pres­ence.

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Jason Pritchard

Jason Pritchard is the Editor of eVTOL Insights. He holds a BA from Leicester's De Montfort University and has worked in Journalism and Public Relations for more than a decade. Outside of work, Jason enjoys playing and watching football and golf. He also has a keen interest in Ancient Egypt.

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