Eve Air Mobility publishes latest Concept of Operations, partnering with Jeju Air in South Korea

Eve Air Mobil­i­ty and South Kore­an air­line Jeju Air have released a new con­cept of oper­a­tions white paper, which looks at eVTOL flights on Jeju Island. 

In an announce­ment made today (Tues­day), the analy­sis is the first step in under­stand­ing what will be need­ed to make future urban air mobil­i­ty oper­a­tions in South Korea a real­i­ty.

The joint­ly writ­ten white paper exam­ines in detail, the oper­a­tional and com­mer­cial busi­ness case of estab­lish­ing UAM ser­vices in Jeju Island. This includes analy­sis and find­ings from the Jejuair voice of cus­tomer sur­vey done ear­li­er in 2023.

David Rot­tblatt, Vice Pres­i­dent Sales, Mar­ket­ing and Gov­ern­ment Affairs of Eve Air Mobil­i­ty, said: “This is an impor­tant first step to estab­lish­ing future urban air mobil­i­ty and eVTOL oper­a­tions in South Korea.

“The col­lab­o­ra­tion between Eve Air Mobil­i­ty and Jeju Air has led to detailed analy­sis of the needs, oppor­tu­ni­ties and chal­lenges of safe­ly estab­lish­ing future eVTOL flights on Jeju Island.”

The CONOPS will be avail­able on Eve’s web­site for the entire com­mu­ni­ty to bet­ter under­stand how the UAM ecosys­tem will enable a new means of afford­able, safe and sus­tain­able trans­porta­tion on Jeju Island.

Eve hopes that the CONOPS will encour­age all those respon­si­ble for this ecosys­tem to evolve togeth­er so that the indus­try, reg­u­la­to­ry agen­cies, civ­il and gov­ern­ment enti­ties, and the com­mu­ni­ty can con­tin­ue invest­ing in, devel­op­ing, and inte­grat­ing this new mode of trans­porta­tion.

Augus­tine Tai, APAC Busi­ness Devel­op­ment Lead for Eve Air Mobil­i­ty, added: “We are tak­ing a very mea­sured and thought­ful approach to under­stand the needs, oppor­tu­ni­ties and chal­lenges of each region. This lat­est effort will pro­vide a suit­able ref­er­ence for all stake­hold­ers keen on UAM in South Korea.”

Eve has worked with a vari­ety of cities, coun­tries and reg­u­la­to­ry author­i­ties to estab­lish con­cepts of oper­a­tions in the U.S., Brazil, U.K. and oth­ers around the world. 

South Korea is one of the first coun­tries to begin lay­ing the ground­work for urban air mobil­i­ty. Estab­lish­ing a con­cept of oper­a­tions is one of the first steps towards mak­ing this a real­i­ty.

Jeju Air is Kore­a’s num­ber one low-cost car­ri­er, which was estab­lished in 2005. It cur­rent­ly oper­ates in 39 cities and pro­vides 55 inter­na­tion­al and six domes­tic routes.

Tae­ha Park, Head of UAM Busi­ness Task Force, Jeju Air, said: “As a lead­ing air­line, we want to help devel­op a safe oper­a­tional envi­ron­ment for UAM, based on our busi­ness know-how and avi­a­tion expe­ri­ence, there­by cre­at­ing new val­ue for the avi­a­tion indus­try. Just as Jeju Air pop­u­lar­ized air trav­el in Korea, we intend to do the same for UAM.”

The CONOPS will con­stant­ly evolve, so if com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers have any sug­ges­tions or com­ments, you can con­tact Eve Air Mobil­i­ty via email, at Contact@EveAirMobility.com.

To read the full Con­cept of Oper­a­tions for Jeju Island, CLICK HERE.