Low Altitude Economy News

Low Altitude Economy, from eVTOLs to drone delivery to regulation and more

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Aero Asia 2025 in Zhuhai was a big eye opener in terms of electric aviation in China. About 10 #eVTOL full-size models and prototypes. Autoflight together with CATL presents a swimming vertiport concept. Volant, the new unicorn was there. ZeroG full size https://t.co/dGRNU02h1x

[Low Altitude Economy News @LAE_News]

To report on the Low Altitude Economy development of China will help us understand how China manages its economic and social development. Individual diligence is part of it, for sure. But it's far more than that.
https://t.co/vfdHbh2coJ

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While individual niche players in Europe and the US try to establish concepts like eVTOLs, vertiports, or drone-based services, China uses its whole-of-society integrated effort method to make its low airspace economically productive. I'm convinced this will astound us in 5 years

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Never underestimate the world outside the high-income countries' potentials. eHang moves to central Asia

[EHang @ehang]

EHang Signs MOU with Kazakhstan’s Allur Group to Expand Urban Air Mobility in Central Asia

EHang (Nasdaq: EH) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Kazakhstan’s Allur Group to jointly develop the UAM ecosystem in Central Asia.

Under the agreement, Allur Group intends to initially acquire 20 EH216 eVTOL aircraft—10 passenger-carrying EH216-S and 10 cargo-carrying EH216-L—laying the foundation for Kazakhstan’s first UAM operations center. The collaboration also explores a local eVTOL assembly facility to serve Kazakhstan and neighboring markets.

Allur Group leadership, including Chairman Andrey Lavrentyev and First Deputy Chairman Syrym Semeibayev, visited EHang’s Guangzhou HQ and Yunfu production facility to meet Founder & CEO Huazhi Hu and COO Zhao Wang. Lavrentyev personally flew the EH216-S, gaining first-hand insight into EHang’s autonomous aviation innovations and UAM ecosystem.

🔹Huazhi Hu, Founder & CEO of EHang, highlighted that this partnership demonstrates EHang’s model of technology export, industry co-development, and shared services, advancing its global UAM footprint.

🔹Zhao Wang, COO of EHang, emphasized that Allur Group’s industrial strength and local market channels make it an ideal partner for Central Asia. The collaboration aims to accelerate commercial eVTOL deployment, promote low-altitude economy standards, and create a regional aerial “sky bridge” connecting Asia and Europe.

Kazakhstan’s First Deputy Prime Minister Roman Sklyar congratulated Allur Group and EHang on their cooperation, recognizing EHang’s leadership in aviation innovation. He emphasized Kazakhstan’s commitment to advancing legislation and policies for eVTOLs and UAM, with EHang’s expertise as a key reference.

#EHang #EH216 #UAM #LowAltitudeEconomy #Kazakhstan #CentralAsiaCooperation

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@UAVHive make them with water tanks. No warning, no police, just directly dumping a big tank of water on the BBQ and the people who start a fire 😁

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@urbanairmobili1 Jeju island lies about 100km from the Korean mainland, 250km from Japan, and 500km from China. As a special visa-free zone for Chinese (who normally need a visa to visit other parts of South Korea), it is a popular tourist destination. Electric flight from Japan soon possible?

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@volocopter has been spotted in Chongqing China, where the owner group Wanfeng has presented the EASA approved eVTOL VoloCity to an interested public, before rolling out a big production scaling plan https://t.co/qCSPCu3Zpe

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As the Wuhu City #LowAltitudeEconomy conference is ongoing, it's a good moment to look at the breathtaking rise of Wuhu as an aviation industry cluster, from no aviation industry, to now 5.5bn € revenues per year, in just 12 years!
https://t.co/u7QhCckbqR

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Translation and comment on important article from China: Trillion-Yuan Low-Altitude Economy: An Imminent "Sky Bubble" About to Burst? https://t.co/4L9MrMwY3m via @LinkedIn

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Congrats Vertical!

[GAMA Europe 🛩🚁 @GAMA_Eur]

This week's #MemberMonday is United Kingdom-based @VerticalAero, which just completed the world’s first airport-to-airport flight using a full-scale, piloted, winged tilt-rotor electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft designed for commercial use. The VX4 prototype, having secured necessary approvals from the UK Civil Aviation Authority, flew from Cotswold Airport to RAF Fairford for the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT).

The 27-kilometre journey was completed at speeds reaching 185 km/h and an altitude of 550 metres. This marked the VX4’s first landing at a public venue and served as a demonstration of the aircraft’s ability to integrate with real-world airport operations.

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@urbanairmobili1 Great to see the Volocopter story continue 👍

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One remaining European contender in the race for the Low Altitude Economy, Dufour Aerospace is doing well! And Switzerland has a lot of remote locations, where electric flight can reduce pollution and noise, while drones reduce the operating costs versus helicopter services

[Dufour Aerospace @DufourAero]

Where trucks can’t go, we fly. Earlier this month, NZZ Sustainable Switzerland profiled Dufour Aerospace in their Sustainable Startups article series; showcasing how we’re rethinking aviation to make it smarter, greener, and more efficient.

Our mission: reinvent logistics for hard-to-reach places, with tilt-wing drones that take off and land like helicopters but fly as efficiently as airplanes.

The profile highlights what we do:
🔸Serving remote regions with lower costs and emissions than traditional helicopters
🔸Enabling high-value applications like precision data acquisition with advanced sensors
🔸Meeting the growing demand for efficient, staff-independent, and autonomous systems in logistics, public service, and beyond

At Dufour Aerospace, we develop everything in-house. From the unique tilt-wing platform to the flight control systems, we are bringing Swiss engineering to the forefront of innovation.

As CEO Sascha Hardegger put it: "We will be one of the strong players in the development and production of medium and heavy-duty, highly automated or autonomous drones and aircraft. We are convinced that we are in the right place at the right time."

Thank you to NZZ Sustainable Switzerland for shining a light on our vision and our team’s hard work.

👉 Read the full article here: https://t.co/bePgchzZYT

#Aero2 #autonomy #criticalmissions #drones #droneindustry #DufourAerospace #hybridelectric #innovation #logistics #sustainability #SustainableSwitzerland #Swissengineering #tiltwing

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This is one week after TCab signed an MOU over 350 eVTOLs with the UAE. If MOU's were contracts, the Chinese would be rocking July!

[urbanairmobilitynews.com @urbanairmobili1]

Thai property company Pan Pacific signs USD1.75 billion “intent to buy” deal for 500 Volant eVTOLs https://t.co/RYbr9ps2KG

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Aerofugia showing their life size cabin and tilt-rotor eVTOL at the Shanghai International AAM Expo 国际低空经济博展会

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@tb_travis True. I hear eHang flies without transition - and without pilot for that matter

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Interesting

[EHang @ehang]

VIP Visit: Cathay’s Senior Leaders Tour EHang Headquarters ✈️

🌟 Cathay’s senior leaders recently visited EHang’s headquarters in Guangzhou and the visit offered an opportunity to learn more about urban air mobility (UAM) and next-generation eVTOL aviation technologies.

Led by Cathay CEO Ronald Lam, Director Chinese Mainland Arnold Cheng, and other senior leaders, the delegation toured EHang’s facilities and observed demonstrations of its core technologies, including the EH216-S autonomous passenger aircraft and eVTOL command-and-control systems. These technologies are being explored for applications in urban air mobility, low-altitude logistics, emergency response, and aerial tourism.

Cathay’s senior leaders appreciated the opportunity to gain insights into EHang’s vision for intelligent low-altitude transportation and thanked the team for the informative tour. @cathaypacific

#Cathay #EHang #UrbanAirMobility #eVTOL #UAV #AviationInnovation ✈️🚁🌐

[Low Altitude Economy News @LAE_News]

@ArneLutsch @tb_travis @evtol_investing @sun_finn66909 @camsheehan_ @ChrisWaggoner2 @jobyaviation yes. No which market is bigger, what do you think? (outside US and China it's open competition, btw)

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@tb_travis @evtol_investing @sun_finn66909 @camsheehan_ @ChrisWaggoner2 @jobyaviation @ArneLutsch looks more like a tax extractor to me, tbh. What other than government contracts can Joby get, that can't be got by Chinese competitors?

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@iXiaoshan @hangzhoufeel @izhejiang @investing_china @Work_in_China @France_in_China @ukinchina @xuejianosaka @zhang_heqing @SwissEmbChina how can foreigners get a digital ID? Is it only with green card?

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@ElectricVTOL A massive and growing lis