Japan Plans To Start Commercial AAM Operations In 2027-28

SkyDrive  Caption – Japan’s SkyDrive conducted demonstration flights with its prototype SD-05 eVTOL in Tokyo in February

Japan’s SkyDrive conducted demonstration flights with its prototype SD-05 eVTOL in Tokyo in February.

Credit: SkyDrive
Japan plans to begin commercial advanced air mobility (AAM) operations in 2027-28 under a revised road map that outlines a pathway to automated air taxis becoming a normal part of daily life from the 2040s onward. The revised road map and updated draft concept of operations (conops) for AAM were...
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