AutoFlight Completes First Air Taxi Demonstration In Astana ‘Games of the Future’

Aut­oFlight, along­side its strate­gic part­ner Alatau Advance Air Group Ltd., is show­cas­ing Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty through live elec­tric ver­ti­cal take­off and land­ing (eVTOL) demon­stra­tion flights and themed activ­i­ties dur­ing the Games of the Future 2026 in Astana, Kaza­khstan.

Aut­oFlight has suc­cess­ful­ly com­plet­ed its first Air Taxi demon­stra­tion flight in Astana, which took place on the 24th of July.

The demon­stra­tion was con­duct­ed with spe­cial approval from the Avi­a­tion Admin­is­tra­tion of Kaza­khstan and attend­ed by more than 300 guests, includ­ing Assis­tant to the Pres­i­dent of the Repub­lic of Kaza­khstan Mr. Kuanysh­bek Yessekeyev, Ambas­sador Extra­or­di­nary and Plenipo­ten­tiary of the Peo­ple’s Repub­lic of Chi­na to the Repub­lic of Kaza­khstan Mr. Han Chun­lin, Ambas­sador Extra­or­di­nary and Plenipo­ten­tiary of the Repub­lic of Korea to the Repub­lic of Kaza­khstan Mr. Jung Ki Hong, Direc­tor Gen­er­al of the Avi­a­tion Admin­is­tra­tion of Kaza­khstan Michael Daniel, as well as rep­re­sen­ta­tives from gov­ern­ment, indus­try and the media. Direc­tor Gen­er­al Michael Daniel rec­og­nized the demon­stra­tion as an impor­tant step toward advanc­ing AAM in Kaza­khstan.

As one of the world’s lead­ing inter­na­tion­al “phy­gi­tal” tour­na­ments, Games of the Future 2026 brings togeth­er more than 800 com­peti­tors from over 50 coun­tries across eight dis­ci­plines, com­bin­ing elite phys­i­cal com­pe­ti­tion with dig­i­tal gam­ing. Fol­low­ing demon­stra­tion flights, the ton-class eVTOL air­craft will remain on dis­play through­out the Games of the Future 2026 as part of the offi­cial pub­lic exhi­bi­tion.

The Astana demon­stra­tion marks anoth­er mile­stone in the com­pa­ny’s con­tin­ued expan­sion across Cen­tral Asia, com­ing not long after Aut­oFlight’s ini­tial eVTOL flight in Alatu City back in May. Through its strate­gic part­ner­ship with AAAG, Aut­oFlight is sup­port­ing the devel­op­ment of Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty in Kaza­khstan, where con­tin­ued invest­ment in avi­a­tion inno­va­tion, smart infra­struc­ture and region­al con­nec­tiv­i­ty is cre­at­ing strong momen­tum for the indus­try.

“The demon­stra­tion flights in Astana are not a stand­alone event but part of a sys­tem­at­ic effort to intro­duce urban air mobil­i­ty in Kaza­khstan. The coun­try is steadi­ly build­ing a com­pre­hen­sive ecosys­tem: the nec­es­sary leg­is­la­tion has been adopt­ed, infra­struc­ture devel­op­ment is under­way, and inter­na­tion­al coop­er­a­tion with lead­ing glob­al com­pa­nies con­tin­ues to expand. Our goal is to make inno­v­a­tive air trans­port an inte­gral part of Kazakhstan’s trans­porta­tion sys­tem,” said Sergey Khe­gay, Chief Exec­u­tive Offi­cer of AAAG.

Jia Xie, Senior Vice Pres­i­dent of Aut­oFlight empha­sized that there is “tremen­dous poten­tial for large eVTOL air­craft across Cen­tral Asia — from urban air mobil­i­ty and region­al trans­porta­tion to aer­i­al tourism, logis­tics and emer­gency response… these real-world appli­ca­tions demon­strate how Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty can deliv­er safe, effi­cient and sus­tain­able trans­porta­tion solu­tions for the region.”

Thomas Sleightholm

Thomas is a con­tent writer for eVTOL Insights, cov­er­ing all aspects of the glob­al Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty ecosys­tem. Got a sto­ry for him? Please send an email to editorial@evtolinsights.com

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