UrbanV and Japan Airport Consultants (JAC) announce strategic partnership to develop AAM in Japan 

UrbanV and Japan Air­port Con­sul­tants have estab­lished a long-term frame­work aimed at sup­port­ing the plan­ning, design, reg­u­la­to­ry inte­gra­tion and com­mer­cial­iza­tion of Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty infra­struc­tures and ser­vices, with a pri­ma­ry focus on the Japan­ese mar­ket and select­ed inter­na­tion­al oppor­tu­ni­ties.

Announced at the end of last week, the first ini­tia­tive under the part­ner­ship will focus on the Tokyo Met­ro­pol­i­tan Area project, where UrbanV will act as strate­gic tech­ni­cal part­ner of JAC with­in a con­sor­tium led by Japan Air­lines, togeth­er with Archer Avi­a­tion and oth­er key indus­try stake­hold­ers in the avi­a­tion and air­port sec­tors.

The project rep­re­sents a con­crete step toward the struc­tured devel­op­ment of Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty in one of the world’s most com­plex and dynam­ic urban envi­ron­ments.

The agree­ment estab­lish­es a flex­i­ble frame­work for joint Research & Devel­op­ment ini­tia­tives and con­sult­ing, enabling long-term vision and col­lab­o­ra­tion.

A strate­gic col­lab­o­ra­tion com­bin­ing glob­al expe­ri­ence and local lead­er­ship:

• Japan Air­port Con­sul­tants brings its long-stand­ing lead­er­ship in air­port devel­op­ment and its deep under­stand­ing of the Japan­ese avi­a­tion ecosys­tem to the part­ner­ship
• UrbanV will sup­port pub­lic and pri­vate stake­hold­ers by pro­vid­ing inter­na­tion­al bench­mark­ing and cross-bor­der knowl­edge trans­fer, align­ing local AAM ini­tia­tives with emerg­ing glob­al stan­dards and reg­u­la­to­ry frame­works, includ­ing EASA, FAA and ICAO best prac­tices

Ivan Bas­sato, Chair­man of UrbanV, said: “Japan is glob­al­ly rec­og­nized for its lead­er­ship in tech­nol­o­gy and inno­va­tion. We are hon­ored to enter this mar­ket through a sol­id and long-term part­ner­ship with Japan Air­port Con­sul­tants, a trust­ed local leader. As UrbanV begins its jour­ney in the Japan­ese ecosys­tem, we look for­ward to con­tribut­ing inter­na­tion­al expe­ri­ence, inno­va­tion and sus­tain­able solu­tions to the future of mobil­i­ty in Japan and beyond.”

Through this strate­gic part­ner­ship, UrbanV and Japan Air­port Con­sul­tants reaf­firm their shared com­mit­ment to sup­port­ing air­ports, pub­lic author­i­ties and pri­vate stake­hold­ers in nav­i­gat­ing the tran­si­tion toward new forms of sus­tain­able, effi­cient and inte­grat­ed air mobil­i­ty – in Japan and beyond.

Takeya Hira­no, Gen­er­al Man­ag­er, Plan­ning and Devel­op­ment Depart­ment, Japan Air­port Con­sul­tants, Inc, added: “Japan Air­port Con­sul­tants is pleased to estab­lish this strate­gic part­ner­ship with UrbanV, a lead­ing inter­na­tion­al play­er in the devel­op­ment and oper­a­tion of ver­ti­port net­works.

As Japan moves toward the social imple­men­ta­tion of Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty, it is essen­tial to com­bine inter­na­tion­al expe­ri­ence with a deep under­stand­ing of Japan’s air­port, avi­a­tion, reg­u­la­to­ry and urban envi­ron­ments. Through this col­lab­o­ra­tion, JAC will con­tribute its long-stand­ing exper­tise in air­port plan­ning, design and avi­a­tion infra­struc­ture devel­op­ment, while work­ing close­ly with UrbanV to sup­port the real­iza­tion of safe, sus­tain­able and social­ly accept­ed AAM ecosys­tems in Japan and beyond.”