PLANA partners with U.S City of Irvine

Irvine Vice May­or Tam­my Kim last week vis­it­ed the PLANA R&D Cen­tre in Incheon, Korea, to explore col­lab­o­ra­tive oppor­tu­ni­ties around eco­nom­ic devel­op­ment and tech­nol­o­gy inno­va­tion.

Dur­ing her vis­it, Kim engaged in pro­duc­tive dis­cus­sions with PLANA’s lead­ing researchers and exec­u­tives, gain­ing valu­able insights into the lat­est advance­ments and emerg­ing tech­nolo­gies being devel­oped at the facil­i­ty around advanced air mobil­i­ty.

Her vis­it ties into her efforts to pro­mote eco­nom­ic devel­op­ment and pro­vide sup­port to Kore­an busi­ness­es look­ing to expand into the US. She expressed her enthu­si­asm for the poten­tial col­lab­o­ra­tions between Irvine and PLANA, recog­nis­ing the mutu­al ben­e­fits the part­ner­ships can bring to both regions. She also empha­sised the impor­tance of fos­ter­ing inter­na­tion­al coop­er­a­tion and lever­ag­ing the strengths of each region’s tech­no­log­i­cal exper­tise to dri­ve inno­va­tion and eco­nom­ic growth.

“As a Kore­an Amer­i­can, I look for­ward to the fruit­ful part­ner­ships that will arise from this ven­ture and the advance­ments we will achieve togeth­er,” she added.

“Irvine thrives as an aero­space hub with promi­nent play­ers like Park­er Aero­space, Uni­cal Avi­a­tion, and Zephyr Aero­space. The AAM indus­try is also expand­ing, with emerg­ing air taxi devel­op­ers OverAir and Super­nal.

Braden Kim, CEO of PLANA, con­tin­ued: “Col­lab­o­rat­ing with the city on pol­i­cy, busi­ness, and infra­struc­ture devel­op­ment paves the way for a new era in AAM. Togeth­er, we will rev­o­lu­tionise urban air mobil­i­ty and shape the future of the indus­try.”

PLANA recent­ly opened an office in Irvine, CA to accom­mo­date the FAA cer­ti­fi­ca­tion process and expand its mar­ket pres­ence.

PLANA estab­lish­es US branch offices in Cal­i­for­nia for FAA cer­ti­fi­ca­tion