Asia-Pacific
eVTOL Insights heads to Singapore as it expands industry conferences to Asia-Pacific region
Following the successes of its Europe and North America conferences last year, eVTOL Insights is excited to confirm it is organising a similar event in Singapore, allowing industry professionals in the Asia-Pacific region to now benefit from our exc...
Former Volocopter CTO Arnaud Coville joins Japan’s SkyDrive as Chief Development Officer
Japanese eVTOL aircraft manufacturer SkyDrive has appointed Volocopter's former CTO Arnaud Coville as its new Chief Development Officer, who will lead the team developing the company's SD-05 model.
SkyDrive CTO Nobuo Kishi will focus more on the ...
International Conference & Exhibition on Advanced & Short Haul Air Mobility for All – India
March 27th - 28th, 2023 (Hilton and Hilton Garden Inn, Bengaluru Embassy Manyata Business Park, Bengaluru Karnataka, India, Bangalore, Karnataka, India)
Objective of the Conference:
Travel Solution for Future: Seamless and faster connectivity of Passengers & goods with a focus on Advanced Air mobility to provide travel solutions of the future with alternatives that are more fuel efficient, sa...
Urban-Air Port and Blue Innovation to develop advanced air mobility vertiports in Japan
Urban-Air Port (UAP) has signed an agreement with Blue Innovation, a Japanese autonomous drone and robotics provider, that will see the two companies collaborate on creating proof of concept (POC) for autonomous medical and logistics drone operation...
EHang confirms partnership with Charoen Group in Thailand to bring Urban Air Mobility to the country
EHang has formed a strategic partnership with Charoen Pokphand Group (CP Group) of Thailand to establish a joint venture for autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) sales and urban air mobility (UAM).
eVTOL Insights exclusively revealed details of the st...
TMAP joins Joby Aviation and SK Telecom to help bring air taxi services to South Korea
South Korea’s largest mobility platform, TMAP, will join Joby’s partnership with Korea’s leading telecommunications company, SK Telecom, to bring emissions-free aerial ride-sharing services to the country.
TMAP is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SK ...
SkyDrive agree on basis for type certification for its SD-05 flying car with Japan’s MLIT
SkyDrive has reached an agreement with the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) to base the type certification for the company’s flying car.
The certification basis refers to the...
Prestige Aviation places largest pre-order for EHang’s EH216 eVTOL aircraft in Asia at the Indonesia International Motor Show
EHang has announced a pre-order for 100 of its EH216 eVTOL aircraft from Prestige Aviation in Indonesia, at an online contract signing ceremony during the Indonesia International Motor Show 2022 (IIMS 2022).
This is the largest pre-order EH...
EXCLUSIVE: EHang signs major partnership with Thailand’s CP Group to bring urban air mobility operations to the country
eVTOL Insights can exclusively reveal that EHang will become the first eVTOL aircraft company to launch urban air mobility operations in Thailand, after it announced a major partnership with conglomerate CP (Charoen Pokphand) Group.
Speaking to ...
Skyportz and Sea World Helicopters launch partnership to bring eVTOL aircraft to Australia’s Gold Coast
Skyportz, Sea World Helicopters, Secure Parking and Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate are joining forces to make SE Queensland the centre of the emerging electric air taxi industry in Australia, in time for the Brisbane Olympics.
Back in January, Skyport...
AMSL Aero joins Greenbird’s Advanced Air Mobility platform and brings eVTOL manufacturer perspective
The Greenbird Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) industry collaboration platform has announced AMSL Aero as a founding ecosystem partner.
AMSL Aero is Australia’s leading eVTOL aircraft developer of the Vertiia aircraft, which is powered by electric bat...
SkyDrive and Suzuki Motor Corporation to work on commercialising ‘flying cars’
SkyDrive and Suzuki Motor Corporation are to collaborate together on the business and technology of flying cars, with both companies also considering market development in India.
Japanese firm SkyDrive is currently engaged in the development of ...
EHang receives biggest pre-order for its EH216 eVTOL aircraft from AEROTREE, with partnership to co-develop UAM services in Malaysia
EHang has confirmed the largest pre-order for its series of EH216 eVTOL aircraft, after announcing a strategic partnership with AEROTREE, a subsidiary of Malaysia’s leading aviation company AEROTREE Group.
The order comprises 50 units, which incl...
EHang announces new COO and confirms CAAC has adopted Special Conditions for EH216-SAAV type certification
EHang has appointed Xin Fang as its new Chief Operating Officer, who will be responsible for the company's daily operations with a focus on sales and commercialisation of Urban Air Mobility services.
Fang is a seasoned business leader with more t...
YUGO places 18-strong order with Ascendance Flight Technologies for its ATEA hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft
Yugo Global Industries has signed a contract with French startup Ascendance Flight Technologies to purchase 18 of its VTOL hybrid-electric aircraft, known as ATEA.
Ascendance Flight technologies unveiled ATEA at the end of last year, with the fiv...
Eve and Skyports to develop new ConOps for Advanced Air Mobility for Japan’s Civil Aviation Bureau
Eve Air Mobility and Skyports are working together to support the development of a new Concept of Operations (CONOPS) for Advanced Air Mobility for the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau.
The initiative aims to provide a shared vision of airspace design...
Electra.aero works with Yugo to open up new destinations in Asia for private air travel using its eSTOL aircraft
Electra.aero has partnered with and private air mobility platform Yugo, to help expand air mobility services to urban and underserved destinations in the Asia-Pacific region.
As part of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Yug...
Joby Aviation teams up with ANA Holdings to help establish new eVTOL ride-sharing service in Japan
Joby Aviation is partnering with ANA Holdings, Japan’s largest airline, to bring its aerial ride-sharing services to the country.
ANA and Joby are set to collaborate on all aspects of establishing this revolutionary new form of transportation in ...
AirAsia orders 100 VX4 eVTOL aircraft from Avolon to create aerial ride-sharing platform in southeast Asia
AirAsia has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Avolon to lease a minimum of 100 VX4 eVTOL aircraft and develop an urban air mobility (UAM) platform in southeast Asia.
Avolon and AirAsia will now form a working group to pursue ...
Vertical Aerospace continues to build on its growth with new senior appointments for Latin America and Asia-Pacific regions
Vertical Aerospace has made two senior appointments, which Steffen Bay joining as Head of Market Development for Latin America (LATAM) and Derek Cheng becoming Head of Commercial, Asia-Pacific.
The appointments build on the company’s continued g...
Catherine MacGowan joins Wisk as its new Asia-Pacific Region Director, with plans to expand company’s presence
Wisk has appointed Catherine MacGowan as its new Asia Pacific Region Director, where she will oversee all operations in Australasia and expand the company's presence in the wider Asia-Pacific region.
As well as serving on Wisk's Executive Leaders...
AirX places pre-order for 50 of EHang’s 216 eVTOL aircraft to support various UAM projects in Japan
EHang has announced a pre-order of 50 units of its EH216 autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) from AirX, which is the biggest order the company has received in Japan.
Regarded as the leading helicopter service platform provider in the country, AirX ha...
Skyportz to work with Secure Parking in Australia and help deliver up to 400 potential landing sites for eVTOL aircraft
Air taxi infrastructure startup Skyportz has announced a partnership with Secure Parking, which could deliver up to 400 landing sites for eVTOL aircraft in Australia.
With changes in the way people now work, Skyportz is exploring the future of ci...